“Aghh” my head hurts terribly, is it from my injuries, or these thoughts that won’t stop?

What do I do next?

Without anyone, what do I actually do for myself?

Is this my addiction?

To get wrapped up to people, to their problems.

Whether it was Jissepi, the blue flame,

Omari,

Lyra,

Pinoki, I keep following someone else’s path, no matter what I do,

Do I enjoy it?

~~

“………..,”

The sound of two arguing voices draws Kage’s attention,

“I’ll kill her, I swear, she’s not getting away with that!”

“Lyra calm down, don’t go doing something reckless, talk it out.”

Zinnia and Lyra re-enter the house, all but empty, as one person sat quietly deep in thought,

“Where is she Kage?” Lyra demands barging in,

“The audacity of that bitch!”

“She’s gone, left a while ago.” Kage replies blankly,

“Well, at least tell me what was so important that she came here to tell you!?”

“…….”

“Answer me, Kage!” Lyra says agitatedly,

“I’m not in the best of moods right now,”

“Why do you want to die Lyra?”

“Excuse me? Wild of you to assume she would kill me,”

“No, I’m not talking about Karina,

I’m talking about your addiction”

“My addiction?”

“Why do you want to die?” Kage repeats

“That’s a stupid question,” Lyra retorts

“Zinnia, I think you may need to check Kage’s wound for internal bleeding”

“You’re not actually naïve, are you?” Kage continues

“You just want to die, but instead of killing yourself, you want to be killed,

You want to be murdered,”

“Nonsense!” Lyra denies

“You say you want to reclaim your city, but the truth is that you want to die, while being know as the girl who fought for her city,”

Extending his bow, “I’ll grant your wish, if you want,”

Pointing it directly at Lyra,

“Do you,

Want,

To die?”

“Kage, I don’t know what Karina told you, but I’m not the mood for this, I already got my ass kicked once today,

It’s not happening again”

“Can you two stop?” Zinnia pleads.

Kage fires an arrow that becomes a stream of water,

Immediately Lyra reacts with a freezing wind, the clash of the two creates a small glacier between them,

Aiming another arrow Kage attempts to fire, but Lyra unexpectedly tackles him to the ground, grabbing a handful of arrows from his quiver she breaks almost all of them.

“Do You want to die!?” she spats,

Shoving her off, Kage connects a right jab to her jaw, she pounces back on him like a wild cat, hammering her fists to his face,

Lifting her, Kage slams her back hard on the ground,

Instinctively Lyra wraps her legs around his neck still raining her fists on top of his head, reopening his wound,

“Ahhw!” She moans as Kage repeatedly slams her over an over trying to get her to let go,

Zinnia’s pleads to stop fighting goes unheard as the two mercilessly beat each other,

“Mmgh!” Kage grunts beginning to lose air form Lyra’s leg choke,

He flails his hands around trying to land a hit,

“Augh!” Lyra releases her grip on Kage poking her in the eyes she begins building up magic,

“Your done Kage!”

“Would You Two Stop Please!”

Before either person could react, massive vines grow from the hardwood flooring entangling them both tightly.

“Zinnia!” Lyra struggles,

“Get me out of this!

You only need to restrain him not me!”

“Shut up!” Zinnia orders,

“I have been yelling at you to stop fighting for minutes now!

I don’t know what has gotten into you,

Either of you!”

“I was giving her what she wants,” Kage breathes,

“Shut up!

I’m talking here!” Zinnia continues,

“Lyra, I don’t know if what Kage said about you having a death wish is true, but I can say is that you need to stop being so selfish and think about others for once,

We get it, your fucking brother killed your family and now you’re scarred for life,

Cry me a river!

Look around, I watched my mother kill my father and older sister, with a stupid smile on her face!

As a matter of fact, look at every single person down here, almost anyone can relate to what you are going through, if you would stop thinking about self for once!

Maybe that why you met Kage,” she says turning to him,

“I may not know you well, but I can tell you have a big heart, you just need to get your emotions in check!

You think I didn’t notice you constantly asking about people, you frame it as intrigue or curiosity, but I think you just care,

You are the first person I’ve met that goes out of their way to ask about random people they just met, but then you act all moody and quiet saying just a little to be noticed but a not enough to be cared about yourself.

Almost like you’re a child who’s just learning about meeting new people.”

…Zinnia pauses taking a huge breath

“All I’m saying is you two,

Need,

To stop,

Fighting!” she yells, simultaneous causing her vines that held the two, to violently swing, launching them both out separate windows,

Crash! The glass breaks as two bodies land outside,

“Sorryy! That was an accident, I’m still bad at this.”

“……” Lyra stumbles up looking at Kage

“……” Kage staggers up looking a Lyra,

They both turn heading separate ways.