Come back, come back to me 1
Ahim laid on her bed, staring at the ceiling. The depression was evident in her eyes, and she clutched her dress as if it was her life force. She wrung her fingers nervously, biting her lower lip a bit as she kept rolling to her sides. She found it rather hard to sleep with the heavy weight on her mind right now, and she'd about given up on ever getting any shut-eye.
A figure stood in her doorway suddenly, and the shadow cast hit her paled face. It walked to her, wrapping her in a tight hug as her back was patted. She knew…she understood what it was like to lose the one you really, truly cared about. Therefore, she would be the biggest help now.
"Are you okay?" Gokai Yellow murmured in her ear, and the small princess shook her head sadly.
"Demo…this is not my first heartbreak," she tried to assure her sister figure, "I will be alright someday."
"It's just so unlike him…" she never admit it, but her little sister figure wasn't the only one who kind of had a thing for Gokai Blue.
He crumpled up the paper and started over.
I know you all hate me now, and I know Marvelous thinks I'm a traitor. But I can't handle this emotional stuff with you all around.
He ripped it in two and tossed it in the trash, starting again. Sweat beaded his forehead as he tried to get the right words out onto the paper. The thing was, it wasn't something you said with a pen or your mouth. It was a feeling everyone had in their hearts, somewhere deep down. He just couldn't express this need except for to say he needed to be alone.
Groaning loudly, he gave up and tossed the whole notebook in the trashcan. What was the point of even trying?
….
The point was that he couldn't bear to leave without some kind of explanation. He bit his lower lip and thought long and hard. He yanked his fingers through his ponytail as he slammed his fist down on the desk. He was alone in this currently vacant cabin for tonight only, and then he was running. He didn't know where…
But he was still running.
Slowly, he lifted the notebook out of the tin can and wrote.
"Looks were going on a Joe-hunt," Marvelous' joke was a weak attempt to liven the mood, but at the emotional slam they'd all just gotten, it was dismissed.
Ahim had known the previous night he'd left. Now she was clutching the note in her fists, not caring that the ink smudged all over her dainty hands.
Words really can't explain what I'm going through right now. You all know exactly what I mean when I say it's something I need to figure out alone. I will return, so don't come looking for me…even though I know you're going too even though I said that. So whatever, I'm making it my duty to stay away from you all for the time being.
Keep destroyed the Zangyack Empire. The defenses are falling more and more each day…I know you all can beat them. Until I get a better grip on my life…
Take care.
~Joe
Teardrops splattered on her rosy red cheeks. Hadn't he thought that he could handle that guy with all the swords on his own? But…it'd almost gotten him killed…
He hugged himself tightly, shivering in his denim jacket as he made his way through the forest. Wherever he was going…he'd make sure it was quiet and away from the rest of society. Right now he was just too unstable to be near anyone else…
There was reason. But he didn't slow himself down to think about it. This kind of pain wasn't anything new. Hiding it from others was what was new.
His felt something wet rolled down his cheek, and he quickly slapped it away. There was no way he could break down right now.
Not when someone could hear him scream.
Author Note: There you have it! The first chapter to my first multi-chaptered Joe/Ahim fic! :D Review if you desire more. ;)