Tumblr Request: Jade (or Tori) dies but the other person continues to wake up every morning and make 2 cups of coffee even though they know that one will go cold.
I know you suggested Jade as the original person to die, but I thought it would feel more painful if she was the one left behind.
It is eight-thirty in the morning when the alarm goes off. Jade West slams her hand down onto the alarm clock to silence it. She sits up slowly and rubs the sleep from her eyes. She glances over at the left side of the bed before sighing and standing up. She shivers as her feet hit the cold hardwood floor.
"Good morning." She strokes her kitten's head. He stretches out and starts purring.
"Come on, Haymitch." She lifts him into the air and sets him on the floor at her feet. She walks to the kitchen and turns on her pearpod. It starts to play her morning mix playlist. Make It In America comes on and she immediately starts to sing along as she begins her morning routine with making coffee.
"I wanna taste the sun! 'Cause baby I'm born to run! I gotta feeling I'm not the only one!" She belts out and brings down two mugs. Both painted at Color Me Pot, they have Mrs. and Mrs. spelled out on them in bright purple letters.
"and I, I wanna show some skin! Yeah, baby, I need the ocean! And you can't stop me now, I've got my heart in motion. I want to make it in America!" She pours the hot coffee into both cups and picks them up into her hands.
"Make it in America." Her voice is much softer as she sits down at the table and pushes the pink mug across the table to the other seat. She stares at the letters and sips her coffee.
"Yeah, sometimes this world's a lonely place." Jade speaks quietly as the lyrics sing hopefully.
"I miss you so much Tori." She sets her mug in front of her. Her hands trace over the letters that stand out on the black ceramic.
"Why did you have to die?" Tears prick at her eyes and she swallows roughly.
"I love you, babe." She stands up after finishing her drink and pours out the now-cold coffee and rinses out both mugs.
Her morning playlist starts to play You Always Make Me Smile.
"I like the way you sing and when you dance with me!" Jade laughs as she puts the mugs into the cabinet again.
"I don't know why I love you. I just know I can't stop thinking of you. Oh wait! It's 'cause you make me smile!" She grins at a picture of Tori and her together.
"You always make me smile." She says with a sad smile on her lips.
"Morning and night are always the hardest. I wish you were here with me." Jade sighs again. Haymitch claws at her pant-leg and mews softly.
"I know Mitch, she wouldn't want me to be like this." She picks the kitten up into her arms and he snuggles into her chest. "She made me these silly playlists so that I wouldn't be so grumpy in the mornings." She tells the cat. He purrs and rubs his head on her chin.
"You would have loved her," She kisses him between his ears, "and she would have loved you." A sigh and a chuckle.
"Well, let's get on with our day. She would hate it if I dwelled." Jade drops Haymitch on the ground lightly and pours food into his bowl.
"I hope it'll be a good day today." She tells him.
