Heartstrings

by JimmyDANj2

She was gruff. Brusque beyond comparison. Her existence nothing but a path trodden with spite, beaten down by her own solitude. She walks her mission gracelessly, deafened by her destined loneliness. But without warning or reservation, he intrudes. Tags along without care or conduct. And she doesn't quite have the words to make him leave. The story is theirs and theirs alone.

1. Companion

Companion

"Why are you following me?"

"I need a reason?"

"Leave me alone."

He giggled, and it was awful. Grating, the slightest bit shrill, the unfettered delight pulling at her every muscle, standing her hair on end.

"Get. Lost."

"Nope."

Her jaw nearly unhinged before she roughly worked it back into place. Behind her, as she swiveled to glare at him incredulously, was a valley carved with sunken landscapes.

She wanted very much to ask him what the hell his problem was, who he thought he was – who the fuck did he think he was? – to punch his nose back into that unbearable face, twisted by cheer, slashing her with its blithe abandon-

But she swallowed, set her jaw square, gritted her incisors, squinted like she tasted sour air.

"Whatever," she allowed, uncertain why she relented except that she thoroughly did not care.

And her every stomp was laced with grudge as he happily trailed behind her down the road.

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Author's Note:

So yeah, I've started yet another story, but I'm hoping I won't regret it down the line. I have a habit of becoming long winded and drawing everything out, squeezing every drop I can from my writing, and though that's not necessarily bad, I sort of want to curb it and try my hand at being more concise, saying more with less, all that and what have you. Plus, I've found I have trouble updating other fics in a timely manner because I obsess over too much and each individual chapter ends up being stupidly long and involved.

So this is basically going to be a collection of (hopefully) extremely short drabbles focusing pretty much only on these two. Don't worry about things making sense down the line, because I promise they will, as I do have a sort of vague plan for the plot. Mostly, though, these will be written impromptu and without too much thought or planning behind each chapter, basically blurbs that I think up as I go.

I have this horrible feeling that I'm going to fail miserably, lol.

I promise this is the only time you'll have to deal with me yammering this much, I'm trying with all my might to make this series of drabbles be to the point as possible! Since they're so short, they should be coming very quickly as I churn them out in succession.

Don't forget to leave some feedback and let me know your impressions!