Small progress has been made. And now we see in full the very frail situation that holds our heroin in check. What will happen now that veil has been lifted. Warning of nuttiness ahead my inspiration comes in waves and most of them are quite strange tides indeed.

Ch15. "a little late" to love ones self.

Hours passed and sleep was at best forced but she woke somewhere in the dark room she believed was still her cell. A scoff of irritation her reply to the plush floors Incessant embrace. She didn't know what to think now and all this confine did was rattle her already thoroughly agitated nerves. "I swear when I get out of here."

"Just stop okay?!" An all to softened voice cooed to her, too close to have been from another room yet too timid to be within striking range.

"Shut up." She hissed into the darkness "you're the reason we're in here in the first place. I don't want to hear you speak."

"You can't kill me you tried... So I'll talk all I want..." The much to gentle tone tried to be assertive only to whimper as she cut eyes on the whisp of a girl she now noticed in the near pitch black darkness.

"I said quiet!" She growled "the body's mine now so just shut up... And stop being such a baby."

"Why are you so mean? What have I ever done to you?" The much gentler natured doppelgänger muttered "why do you hate me..."

"Because you're a coward! Everything we ever do I have to do it for you! You can't even get a boyfriend without me having to do it for you!" She barked her lips curled into a vindictive sneer.

"I'm sorry..." She whimpered.

"I don't need your apologies!"

"I meant... For making things so hard..."

"Spare me..." There was a moderate feeling of depression that settled over her, forcing her to quietly sulk rather than continue to rage on. "I don't care."

"You do or you wouldn't be so miserable..." Gentle hands caressed her face prompting the shocking realization that she was not actually awake.

"Don't touch me!" She hissed though she couldn't bring herself to try moving the hands that coddled her.

"Please calm down..." The other whispered as she finally became noticeable in appearance. "I just want to help you know..."

"I don't need help just leave me alone" she scoffed rolling over to turn her back on the other.

"Look I know it's a little late to try and understand why... But I want to know why you're so mad" this persistent fool it seemed wouldn't leave her be.

"Because I never get what I want" the words came out though she blatantly demanded they did not.

."and what do you want... Be honest..." Arms wrap themselves around her waist forcing her to tense up but for some reason she can't find the strength to fight them off.

"I don't want to talk about this" she growled "go away"

"Please" the voice whispered in her ear was soft, almost nurturing.

"No" the hand that worked its way up her torso came to rest over her chest "leave me alone."

"Is that really what you want?" There was doubt in the timid girls voice forcing her to hesitate on her answer.

"N-no..."

"Then what do you want?" She was pushed into her back now and a gentle feeling of melancholy broke free.

"I just wanted to be noticed..." She huffed now falsely irritated at her twin.

A gentle embrace lingering perhaps because of their conflicting consciousness seemed to be somewhat comforting to her. She couldn't be angry for some reason. It's what she was best at. Being mad at everything was how she survived, how she thrived, so why couldn't she stay mad? The others hand now resting where her heart would have been were she awake seemed to give her a pleasant feeling of calm that she vaguely coveted and despised at the same time. She didn't know what to feel.

"Is that really all it was?" She whispered gently nuzzling her head softly.

"N-n-no" she couldn't fight it. It was like her words were being dragged out by force.

"Please tell me"

"I-I" she couldn't seem to hold back the tear that pushed to her eyes edge no matter how aggressively she demanded it stay away. "I just..."

"It's alright..." The other girls hand thumbed over her core gently

"I just wanted to be loved!" She barked falsely hatful tones lingering in her wavering voice.

"C-can I try?" She was cautious it was obvious but something about the question seemed so earnest "will you let me?"

"D-don't screw with me..." She hissed

"I'm not... Let me love you..." A gentle hand tangled itself softly into her hair and she couldn't help but roll over into the embrace of this obviously idiotic twin.

"Stupid... You are me" she sniffed unwillingly

"Then love yourself..." There was a moment of hesitance on her part something she could see in the timid girls reflected eyes a constrained longing of sorts as she rolled her to her back forcefully.

"Are you stupid or something?" She growled with blatantly false hostility, "cause this isn't funny"

"I wasn't joking.." Deep emerald orbs seemed to give her a sort of permission, and for a moment she drew a blank.

-elsewhere-

"It's not unheard of soul. Some hybrids have developed a form of personality displacement before" stien shrugged as he took another drag from his cigarette.

"This isn't displacement bolt head! She just full on switched personalities!" He fumed his white locks near standing on end in frustration "she went full schitzo on me! How much more can I say about it!?"

"Multiple personalities aren't common no and by no means is she safe for the public but I'm afraid there's not much we can do but simply hope she can recuperate naturally." Naigus seemed adamant that there was no fixing this situation though soul wouldn't hear it himself.

"Bullshit!" He ground his teeth trying to contain himself to no avail. "There's got to be something!"

"Soul... Please calm down" crona once more tried to relax the situation "yelling won't get us anywhere."

"This is bullshit... This whole situation is seriously fucked!" He growled "I won't just sit back... I can't."

"Soul you're doing all you can... And if it weren't for you intervening she would have likely taken her own life by now." The bandaged nurse tried vaguely to be consoling to the irritated weapon. "Right now she's as safe as she can be given the circumstances... Try to relax."

"How am I suppose to relax when my girlfriend is loosing her mind" his face paled as he realized he had accidentally made more of his partner than he meant to.

"Oh dear... I see" the bandaged woman sighed "stein... Would you care to take crona back to his quarters... I think I need to speak with soul privately."

-meanwhile.-

She swallowed slowly. She wanted to punch her but she wanted to cry too. So many emotions she couldn't force back crept into her that she simply lingered over the all too submissive blond. "Stop fucking with me!" She hissed.

"I'm not I promise." Lithe fingers reached up pulling the other down toward her "please just let me try" soft lips were pressed to her forehead and she couldn't keep herself from collapsing on top of her, head resting in the crook of the others neck like it were a puzzle piece fitting into a grove.

"Th-this isn't fair" the tears fell now ephemeral she knew but the moisture seemed real enough on the others skin to loosen her guard.

"I know... I'm sorry" her twins arms snaked their way around her waist gently holding onto her with a strange form of comfort that seemed all too familiar yet foreign.

"I-I hate you so much... Why... Why don't you hate me too?" She bawled granted her words being callous.

"If I did then you wouldn't be lying... But I don't. I can't..." Gentle whispers filled her with a strange warmth. Something relaxing yet they brought desperation. "I don't want to hate you... I'm scared yes... But I can't help it... I still love you. I am you... So how can I hate myself?"

"S-stupid bitch..." She sobbed another phrase hitching under her shaking breath "I-I love you too"

"I know..."