Chapter 29: Minx
May 15 , 2013
All the right moves
In all the right places
So yeah, we're going down
(A/N: I don't own Welcome to Night Vale, it is mentioned in this chapter. You should listen to it)
I stared at my packed suitcase, watching the sun rise. I actually hadn't slept at all last night, besides I would be having an extremely long plane ride back to Cornwall. I was also too hyped up from all the fun. We got back from our little outing at around midnight and the others collapsed while I simply stared at the ceiling. I had to leave in fifteen minutes for my plane, as did Krism, Felix, and Marzia. Me and the other Englanders had flights at about the same time while Krism's flight was about thirty minutes after ours.
I was extremely sad that I had to leave her but I knew that it was her decision and that I needed to respect that. But, that didn't mean I had to like it. My phone buzzed suddenly and I lazily grabbed it. I had a Tweet that had been sent to me. It was as followed. Heard you and that skank you call a girlfriend are parting ways, honestly I'm sad to see you two part, you two pieces of trash were made for each other. It was from Liz. I sighed. I so did not have time for this right now. I chose to ignore it and just get on with my day. I did as I did every day and walked downstairs to our cute little kitchen.
I quickly grabbed a bowl and ate some cereal quickly and quietly, relishing in the quiet of the house. I don't think it had ever been so silent. Normally this place was bustling with business and you could always hear someone recording a gaming video, normally Felix or Mark was the loudest. But now we would all leave. Mark simply had to drive to his house in LA, so he was leaving last. Dlive as well. Cry had a long ride back to Florida, and Ken and Mary would fly back to Mississippi. Everything would be silent, always.
I decided that I would try to relax before seeing if the others were ready, so I simply shuffled back to my room and grabbed my earbuds. Obviously I was taking the day off, and I wanted to just simply chill out. I went on my Podcasts app and clicked on the next episode of my favorite podcast, Welcome to Night Vale. I smiled as I spoke the next part aloud with the host, Cecil. "Welcome to the friendly desert community where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful, and mysterious lights pass ahead while we all pretend to sleep. Welcome…to Night Vale."
I sighed and lay back as my earbud was suddenly ripped from my ear. I turned in shock to see Krism with the end of it. She smirked. "Ooh what is this?" She put it in her ear and smiled, eventually taking it out. "All hail the glow cloud." I giggled, hearing her repeat the quote. Krism smiled. "You know, I hope you're ready, because we have to leave soon." I sat up, quickly pressing the pause button. "Yeah, I'm ready. I've been up all night, everything is packed, and I'm good." Krism nodded. "Ah, well then, be downstairs in ten minutes. Felix is loading our suitcases in. I nodded. "Alright." Thank god that my equipment was being shipped to Cornwall, I would not trust Felix at all.
Krism sighed. "Look Minx, this isn't goodbye. We'll see each other again. Eventually, I mean. Though that might take a while I know we can do this." I nodded. "Okay." The truth was I was still a little annoyed with Krism over this, but she was a grown woman and she was allowed to make her own choices. Krism grabbed my hand. "Minx, how can I ever thank you. You showed me the world; you brought my monochrome views back to full color. Without you I would still be blaming myself for everything, for her, for Rachel. And…I love you."
I sighed. "I love you too. And that's why it hurts so much to leave you." She smiled again. "We can do this. You're the Kousei to my Kaori, you can't get rid of me." I smiled at her reference. "Doesn't Kaori die?" She smirked. "Yeah, but you won't be getting rid of me anytime soon." Krism stood up, walking to the door. "Come downstairs soon, to say your goodbyes." I nodded and she walked out.
A few minutes later I grabbed my two suitcases and slipped on my shoes, slowly walking out the door. I dreaded seeing everyone. It was going to be hard to leave my friends, they felt like family after only a little over a month. I was going to miss hearing Mark and Felix belting out songs and joking around while Marzia and Mary rolled their eyes. I was going to miss Cry and his secretive ways, and Ken with his huge beard. I would see Dlive again, so I didn't miss him. I was going to miss waking up to Krism yelling at me. I was going to miss recording with her. I was going to miss kissing my girlfriend. I was going to miss her, most of all.
I walked downstairs and heard murmuring coming from the foyer, and crying. As I cleared the staircase I could see Mary and Marzia crying, and the guys holding back tears. Krism was nowhere to be seen, as usual, so I walked over to Dlive. He smiled and gave me a fist bump. "Catch you later Minx." I nodded. "I'll call you and the guys to record sometime soon. I'll have to settle in." He nodded. "Same." I said goodbye to Mary, and to Ken, and to Cry, and then I walked over to Mark. He sniffled and threw himself into my arms. "And I'll miss you most of all!" I smirked. "Sure Mark, sure."
I looked around at my friends. "Where is Krism?" Felix shrugged. "We assumed she was with you if you know what I mean." I blushed furiously. "Shut up! But I saw her like ten minutes ago. She said she was coming down here." Felix snorted. "She better get down here real soon or we'll all miss our flights." I turned to the stairs as Krism began running down them, frantically putting her hair up. "Sorry! I'm coming!" She reached the bottom of the stairs and I laughed. Krism frowned. "What?" I gestured to her shoes; they were on the wrong feet. Krism smiled embarrassingly. "Sorry, I rushed." She fixed her shoes and we began to roll our suitcases out the door." Ours still needed to be loaded.
The others gathered around the door to say goodbye to all of us. Mary was crying. "Call me sometime Minx!" I nodded. Dlive made faces and Mark sobbed into Cry's jacket, while Cry looked on passively. Ken smiled finally as we hopped into the limo beside Marzia, as Felix loaded the last of the luggage. I rolled the tinted window down to see everyone, and waved to them one last time. Felix hopped in the car and started the engine, and we drove away. I stared through the back window as we left the mansion, for the last time.
1 Hour Later
Krism smiled at me as we walked along. She was walking me to my flight, since Marzia and Felix went on ahead. I sighed and stared at the groud. This was it, this was our final moment. I looked at Krism, who was gazing around at the huge LA airport. I needed to relish our last moments together. I saw that we were nearing the gate and turned to Krism, who looked extremely sad. She smiled, trying to look cheerful. "Come on, don't look so sad, we'll see each other again." I sighed. "I know, but it will be a while." Krism nodded. "Yeah, but we can do this." I heard the Intercom buzz. "Flight 27 to Cornwall is now boarding, repeat, Flight 27 to Cornwall is now boarding."
I sighed. "That's me." I leaned in to kiss Krism but she pushed me away. "Minx if we kiss now it'll just be harder on us." I sighed angrily. "Tell me the truth Krism; do you just not like me anymore?" Krims widened her eyes. "Of course I still love you, but I don't want to walk away longing for another kiss, we just need to leave." I sighed, she had a point. "Goodbye Krism." Krism winked at me. "See you around Michelle." I grimaced at the use of my name and walked to my gate, eventually boarding my plane.
I stared out the window as we drifted into the sky, wondering what Krism was doing, and when I would see her again
Krism POV
I wondered to myself, what is Minx doing? Was she watching a funny video, or editing, or sleeping, was she thinking of me? I rolled my suitcase towards my gate. I had to board in ten minutes, off to New York, and halfway across the world from Minx. I knew I was the one to bring up separating for a while, but I just couldn't shake the feeling of loneliness that ached inside me. Of course I missed everyone else as well, but Minx, ugh.
I approached the flight attendant at the gate. "You coming in sweetheart?" I froze and thought to myself as she extended a hand for my ticket. What was I doing? How could I leave the best thing that ever happened to me? Why was I such a fucking idiot? I backed away. "No, actually, I'm sorry." Without a word I flew off through the airport. Minx's plane already left, but if I can get there fast enough… I reached the main desk. The receptionist smiled. "Can I help you darling?"
I panted, out of breath already. "One ticket to Cornwall please, on the next plane out!"
(A/N- Sorry this took so long to get up, I have had so much homework over the past few weeks. But, new chapter is out. Also, if you want to see my vision of Liz look up "Audrey, Huniepop." She is a character from a game Minx has played before. I envision her voice as Liz's)
