Aradia bit the inside of her mouth, trying not to get lost in unpleasant memories
The violet witch was the one who had spoken, she knew that; but it still did not help. The tone in which the violet adorned woman had spoken with was all too familiar to the red head
Her life prior to this had been one of many regrets and guilt, while Yeon Haa would not actively say her past had effected her mental state in any way, there was only so long she could lie for
Many memories and feelings still haunted her, most of which resonate with her mother
Yeon Haa had lost everything and died on her own accord but what came after, a new chance, had made her thoughts and feelings a mess, a chaos even she couldn't help calm
After waking up in this unfamiliar world, she didn't have the time to think about death, especially not after how gruesome it had been. As much as the red head hates to admit it, the thought of falling still makes her fright
The feeling of bones crushing, warm blood slowly seeping out, the cold concrete and heavy rain- it was all too overwhelming to think about
With both these reasons combined Yeon Haa didn't think about dying again. But what about after she had realised she was in a novel world?
That left the red head astonished, so much in fact for a while Aradia couldn't muster up any actual thoughts. After she had made peace with that though, all she felt was a sense of tranquility a little too uncanny
Needless to say, she herself had not expected to behave as she had
It would be a lie to say Aradia had not thought about dying once again, now that she had done it once, doing it a second time wouldn't be that hard, only, it was much harder to muster up the courage to do so
Every time her mind thought about dying, the fall and the terrible feeling that followed comes back in picture perfect memory
But without that too Aradia had come to a conclusion, she could live here as a person, not as a godforsaken child, a being of dirt or a burden, she could be a human for once
It was a tempting offer but another thought that had really sealed her will to not die again was the fact, she no longer had someone whom she loved so dearly yet got looked at like she was the reason their life was this horrible anymore
It was over, her mother was dead, Yeon Haa still loves her too much to consider it a blessing but she knows it's better than slowly breaking more till nothing of her existed
«snap out of it»
Lir's voice came in like the light at the end of the tunnel, the calm in the tsunami that was her thoughts
'sorry'
That was all Aradia could say to him, her mind was all over the place and trying to think straight was still hard
«tell me about this later, I didn't understand all of it y'know, only a few bits»
'sure'
The red head had been told over and over again that she thinks in another language, Korean, though Lir doesn't know that and yet he still chooses to invade her mind
Determined is definitely a synonym that explains Lir well. Yeon Haa wonders if the albino was slowly starting to pick up a few words here and there, learning the language in the process
Aradia would be honestly more happy than she has been in a long minute if that were to be the case. It would be nice to finally have someone whom she could talk to in her comfort language
The red head's eyes wandered and were met with the violet witches, she was staring at her, frown still visible
Aradia felt uneasy, the look too was of one she was all too familiar with. She shifted her weight foot to foot, not breaking eye contact for even a second
"What?"
The red head finally found her voice, the tone she used was the one defence, almost bratty, a question with sass. In the past Yeon Haa would probably be slapped across the face twice for speaking like this to her mother but this panting of all things was not related to her nor was she anyone Aradia cared for
It didn't matter how she spoke, the witch would screw them over regardless, might as well make the most of it
«idiot»
She heard Lir's voice, done with her chaos, he was probably also face palming right now. The thought made her smile, which was apparently more of a smirk judging by how the temperature in the attic dropped a few degrees and the violet witch was frowning even more deeply, if that was even possible
"You imbeciles! How dare you invade my mansion!"
The witch's voice was stern and cold, making shivers go down the red head's spine.
"First, we didn't quite "invade" more like.. explore and second, who are you?"
Aradia's words aggravated the witch even further, Mei was looking at her like she was crazy. To be honest, Yeon Haa loved that look, it made her feel a sense of power and control, both of which she never truly had
"You insignificant swain! How dare you infiltrate my mansion and dare question me?!"
Aradia just stared at the witch who in return glared at her so hard, it was probably making a hole through her soul
"Um- ma'am..?"
Clara stepped into their warzone realising this is not going anywhere safe. But she didn't exactly know what to say, hell she didn't even know how she should address a painting of all things
Unfortunately for her, the violet witch didn't bother to look at her
Mei came closer at that moment
"Honestly for all the trouble we had to go through, this is pretty lame"
That got everyone's attention
'got you'
Mei gave a small frown while skillfully rotating a dagger in her hand
"What did you say?!"
"Oh nothing, just that we have a job to finish and we have already wasted enough time"
"You-"
Before the violet witch could ramble on, Mei cut her off
"Let's get this party started"
*Christmas special bonus*:
Cozy:
It was cold. It was snowing wildly. The snowman was starting to get a little deformed but that didn't matter
Inside it was warm. The holiday season seemed to have come to stay at this house
Blankets of all types littered the living room, cups of tea and hot coco were left discarded on the coffee table
"Christmas evel" by stray kids was playing on the tv, one of the many queued songs on the playlist
It was cozy, truly, though.. the same can't be said about the kitchen
Aradia was currently hunched over laughing so hard she started coughing
At what?
At Clara, they were trying to bake cookies for Santa (they know he's not real) but there seemed to be a miscalculation as neither of the two can bake to save a life
Clara was currently staring in disbelief at the recipe book after not only showering with flour, but also taking most of the kitchen with her
She looked at Aradia and threw a handful of flour at her
Aradia gasped dramatically before doing the same
Soon enough a food-war was in full swing, though both were laughing like hyenas too.. so it was good?
"Christmas love" by skz started playing as the two agreed upon taking a break and fixing this mess after some tea
Merry Christmas everyone! ⛄
To be continued...
Hi everyone! It's me Yan, and no I'm not dead yet.
my exams ended yes, but I didn't post this cause if I did I wouldn't be able to post on Christmas.. soo yeah, you lose some you gain some ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Anyway do not be fooled by the exclamation marks, I was 👌 this close to actually trying to end my life, I won't go into detail but I'm not in a good mental state right now, which is to say updates may in late
I'll try to be a good writer and not do that but no promises, I'm sorry alright
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I liked writing it
Once again, please forgive this lowly author for any grammatical mistakes
Have a good day, afternoon, evening or night
And I'll see you in the next chapter
Have fun people and do take care otherwise you'll end up with a cold like me
Bye!
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