And like always, the police and ambulance came decades after the event. Forgetting the fact that I had made a scene, I stood up to find people staring at me, shock and grief on their faces. I can't really blame them, you know? Seeing a person take the full force of a moving truck. Not a sight that you'd see everyday.
They asked me a few questions, but thank God since most of them only required either a yes or no answer so I just replied with either a nod of my head or by shaking it.
It didn't take long for them to finish asking me things but when they did, they thanked me and had one of the officers take me to a police car and accompany me home.
The officer was named Levi. Great guy. His good sense of humour made up for his lack of height. Even though he looked strict and uptight, he was a chill guy in general. We finally arrived at my place and he waved goodbye as he dropped me off and drove away.
I was finally left alone in the silence and my chest tightened. So this is what I felt like to be truly lonely. I sighed and fished my house keys out of my pocket. I unlocked my door and shuffled my feet forwards to enter my house when I feel something crunch underneath my feet. I looked down to see a paper bag and my heart immediately dropped as I saw a letter right beside it signed by a certain person. It was from Krista. I'm guessing that she visited me because she was planning to give this to me but left it here instead due to the fact that I just pushed her away.
I picked both the letter and the bag up and stepped inside my house. I closed the door behind me, locking it. I walk towards my kitchen table and turned one of the lights on as I examined the bag. I decided to open it first before the letter and poured the contents over the table. There were two hand puppets. A very well knitted cartoon character of what was supposed to be and Krista.
I opened the letter, expecting some kind of explanation and was not disappointed as I saw neat handwriting on a page.
Hey, Ymir!
I know I haven't been spending a lot of time with you lately and I'm very sorry for that. Studies and schoolwork has caught up to me and I've been elected as School Council president! Isn't that great?! But now, I don't really have time to hang out with you since I always have to go to meetings with the rest of the council. Please don't get jealous!
Instead, I made you these puppets! So that you won't get lonely! ^_^ I hope you have fun with them! These puppets are very special as well so take good care of them, okay? -3- They're not just any ordinary puppets...these are puppets...with no strings attached! :D Instead, they're hand puppets, meaning that I'll always be in the palms of your hand. And in your case, meaning that you're always free to do whatever you want.
This may be very informal but I don't really have the courage to tell you this face-to-face. Thing is, I like you, Ymir. More than that actually. I love you ./.
Anyways, I hope you have a good night!
I love you!
-Krista :)
Tears dropped from Ymir's eyes as she held her hand over her mouth, trying to muffle her screams of agony. She gripped the puppets in her other hand, noticing that there was one string attached. But not to control them with...the string attached had connected a hand from each of the puppets, making them look like they're holding hands.
Ymir smiled despite her tears and aching chest. Dammit, Krista. Even if you're in another life you still manage to make me weep like a little bitch. Dammit!
Ymir sat straight as she examined the puppets underneath the kitchen light. Puppet Krista was grinning widely while Ymir was only smirking but seemed genuinely happy. Ymir was amazed by the great detail put into the puppets since it wasn't easy to put human emotions onto lifeless things.
But, nonetheless, this made her a bit happier as she stood up and walked towards her room, not bothering to turn on the lights but instead crashing onto her bed.
Just you wait, Krista. I'll see you again soon. But for now, this happiness will have to do. This happiness with no strings attached.
A/N: And this ends No Strings Attached. You're welcome, it was pretty rushed, and so were the feels so I didn't have tim to torture you guys slowly .-. Anyways, hope you enjoyed this story ^_^
Cheers~!
-Yaeger