Water lashed into the cave from who knows where and started to pool in no time, the water coming out was falling with immense pleasure, strong enough to unalive a child and possibly a human who is not familiar with large bodies of water
For Yeon Haa's case, she did, thankfully, know how to swim although she has not engaged in any activity such as swimming in a long time
Seeing the water already had reached above her knees, the red head froze, feeling sceptical in her abilities and scared..
Yeon Haa reminded herself over and over again this was all an illusion, she can make it out but easier said than done, her whole body tensed at the sight of the peer pressure the water was falling with
She knew, she knew that being tense at a time like this would not help but she could not control her body
'goddamnit!'
Yeon Haa cursed, judging by the bodies reaction, it's obvious Aradia has either never swam in a river where the water moves with a mind of its own and you have to fight it to keep yourself in place or does not know how to swim, at all
This is bad, really bad, if the red head can't swim she will drown or rather.. die and.. she doesn't want that..
Noticing the water had started to reach her shoulders, Yeon Haa took a deep breath and tried to relax to get this stiff body to move in water
Lir in the country, was trying to out run the water, or should I say fly? The moment water came into the cave, he dropped the flower and flew, as high as he could but.. he could not, just like when he fell into this part of the cave with the red head, he once again could not fly
It was difficult to move his body and move forward at a fast pace but he still tried
There was no escape at the bottom, therefore their only hope was at the top of the cave from where they fell, even though Lir doesn't explicitly worship any god, he was praying that he was right because if not.. they are dead
'please let there be an opening..'
The higher the albino flew the harder he felt he was being pushed down towards the water
No, this won't do, he can't give up, not when he already made his decision.. he will not give up!
Back in the water, Yeon Haa has managed to get Aradia's body to float and move in the liquid without being extremely stiff
But she knew, with the current state of the body, it could not handle the pressure and possibly swim up to the top
But.. she has to try, like she always has, she cannot give up without trying, no, that is not who Yeon Haa is, she is a persistent bastard who will not stop until she herself thinks "this is enough" like her very loathsome "best friend" had said when she was still alive to be a waste of space and oxygen
The red head started to move with the water, trying her hardest not to drown, the water was very close to reaching the cave ceiling where Lir was headed to
Surprisingly he had still not made it to the top, it seemed like he was the one caring Aradia's whole weight while in his pixy form with just how hard he was struggling
Yeon Haa was being extremely careful, making sure to stay on the opposite side of where the water fall was to not to get caught in it but just when she thought her luck could not get any worse, it did, it got much worse
Two more water falls appeared out of nowhere, one in front of Lir and the other on the side the red head was
"Hmhah-!"
Yeon Haa gasped at the sudden pressure that pushed her back, the only thing she could hear before everything went dead silent was the water continuing to fall with peer pressure that sounded like a swoosh
She did not know what happened to Lir as she got pushed back in no time, falling deep into the water, Yeon Haa could not even put up a fight as she continued to sink
The red head sank deeper and deeper, having no energy to move her limbs, to swim back up again
Everything felt blurry, Yeon Haa could not hear anything, not a single sound, it was rather frightening
The red head closed her eyes unwillingly, no longer having the energy to keep even her eyes open
God she truly was pathetic, wasn't she? Was this really how she was getting to die.. again?
She doesn't want to die.. she doesn't want this to be the end, as Yeon Haa, she had her own reasons for willingly making the decision of unaliving herself
It takes a lot of courage to kill oneself, humans try the hardest to survive, it doesn't matter how, they will do anything, give away everything, just to survive and to willingly choose to give up on that very survival.. one must be hurt beyond repair
But now.. she doesn't want to die again, life gave her a new chance, well two chances actually, but even so she does not want this to end
The life Yeon Haa was familiar with, the one she knew was the reason behind her suicide but now.. she knows an entirely new life, it is nothing like the hell she had once lived, this was nice..
She had a person who cared about her, she had lots of money, she could do whatever she wanted, she could buy whatever she wanted, she doesn't have to restrict herself, she is living peacefully
This was a new chance she had always daydreamed about and now when it was slipping away.. she cannot help but feel sorrow, she doesn't know what was the reason for Aradia to kill herself but now that she has the opportunity to live peacefully she is even willing to throw away the name "Kim Yeon Haa", no, she has already thrown it away, she has long since accepted living as Aradia El Duras
And she will not give up on this new found chance, she knew life and what it can be like but that doesn't mean she will give up a new chance, no, she will not!
Aradia tried to open her eyes and move her body with all the energy she had left, it was not easy as she kept sinking but that doesn't mean she will give up
Just when she managed to squeeze open her eyes, the water started to go crazy, up until now the water at the bottom was surprisingly still, similar to a pool but now.. it was going in all directions
The red head tried to find something to hold onto but it was to no avail
She started to see a blurry figure, she knows who it was but her brain could not find the name, she was going to pass out any given second now
Right before Lir could grab her slowly falling hand the water swept them into the wall but instead of dying by hitting the cave wall.. there was an opening?
The two got thrown into that opening, water pushing them the whole time, it was not gentle at all
Right as she squeezed opened her right eye, the red head saw a bright light, was this the "light at the end of the dark tunnel" as people say?
And then..
With a loud thud, the two fell on the hard wood floor of the entrance right outside the room that started it all
The room's door closed with a bang the moment the two got thrown out
"Akh-ahuak-!"
Aradia coughed violently, her whole body felt like it had been thrown down a tall building and crushed
Lir was right beside her, huffing, out of breath, he was in his full form but instantly changed into the pixy one as it was quicker to recover in that form
The red head slowly started to calm down, she realised despite being in water for so long, she wasn't deranged or even had a single drop of water on her, she was bone dry and so was Lir
Aradia wanted to speak but her voice wasn't coming out, she took a deep breath in an attempt to try again but heavy panting, that was not of Lir's caught her attention
She looked to her side while still using the hard wood floor as her bed and saw Clara and Mei, at the top of staircase looking absolutely wreaked and panting heavily
Bonus:
Therapy:
*Lir finally getting Aradia(Yeon Haa) to open up*
Aradia(Yeon Haa): I was too tired to stay.. but too scared to leave..
Lir: you didn't wanna die.. you just wanted relief
___"the morning after I killed myself.. I tried to unkill myself.."___
To be continued...
How are you all doing? It's me Yan, I actually posted on time, lessgooo
I'll get straight to the point, I wanted this chapter to be more.. sad? Heavy on the feelings, especially Yeon Haa's
I usually refer to her as "the red head" "Aradia" and occasionally "Yeon Haa" but in this chapter I leaned heavily on using "Yeon Haa" as I wanted to really make it seem that it was Yeon Haa who was speaking and also because I wanted to make the her accepting her new name scene so yeah I don't what I'm saying, I woke from a nap, alright?
Also the bonus scene is inspired by a video on YouTube that I randomly found one night, the quote at the end is the video title while the dialogues are from a comment on the video
To anyone who actually feels like this, please know you have people who care about you and would loose their everything if you were gone, trust me, I too once felt like this but I'm better now and I realised, living isn't bad, it is actually beautiful it's just how you live that makes the differences
And if you need someone to talk to hit me up alright? I'm here to listen though I can't comfort people well just warning you lol
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as much as I liked writing it
Have a good day, afternoon, evening or night
Once again please forgive this lowly author for any grammatical mistakes and I'll see you all in the next chapter
Bye!
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