A/N: Ok, I didn't know what to do for the title so it kinda makes sense and
kinda doesn't.
Chapter 17: Silent Acceptance
"Keiko, you shouldn't be here with me," Botan sobbed. "Yusuke will get mad."
"I could care less about what Yusuke has to say at this point," Keiko said angrily.
"But he's right. I am a traitor. I shouldn't deserve to live. I failed my job, and if Koenma ever found out about it he would have my head. Or worse, he would fire me!" Botan burst out in tears. Keiko patted her back and tried calming to down, but no matter how much she tried to comfort her, the blue-haired woman's tears just wouldn't stop. Keiko was running out of ideas.
"Botan, stop your crying," Amaranta said, walking up. "It's embarrassing."
Keiko looked at the demon in disbelief. "I can't believe you just said that! How can you be so cold?"
She stopped walking and stared at Keiko. "Did you forget whom you were talking to?" she asked sadly, holding her arms out to the sides.
Keiko blushed a little and smiled. "Oh, yeah. Sorry."
"I can't stop crying, I have betrayed my friends. There's nothing worse than that," Botan replied quietly.
"Well would you rather have them all dead?" Amaranta asked. Botan stared at the ground not knowing what to say. "It was either their lives or the information. You had no choice. Braeden is good on what he says, trust me. If you didn't tell him anything they would all be dead now."
"I believe you," Botan said, tears silently falling from her eyes, "but I wonder if there could have been another way to have gotten out of that."
"Don't be stupid."
Botan and Keiko gasped.
"You did what any logical person would have done. It's in the past now and you can't change it. There isn't always going to be an easy choice in life, and sometimes the only outcome will be one that is disappointing," Amaranta said depressingly.
"Amaranta-," Keiko began sympathetically.
"If anyone should be blamed," she broke in, "it should be me. If I had never come here then none of this would have happened." Amaranta walked away with her head bowed. Botan had stopped crying, she seemed to be over it now. She understood the position she was in now and could only apologize and explain what happened. There didn't seem to be any other way to repent for betraying them.
Chapter 17: Silent Acceptance
"Keiko, you shouldn't be here with me," Botan sobbed. "Yusuke will get mad."
"I could care less about what Yusuke has to say at this point," Keiko said angrily.
"But he's right. I am a traitor. I shouldn't deserve to live. I failed my job, and if Koenma ever found out about it he would have my head. Or worse, he would fire me!" Botan burst out in tears. Keiko patted her back and tried calming to down, but no matter how much she tried to comfort her, the blue-haired woman's tears just wouldn't stop. Keiko was running out of ideas.
"Botan, stop your crying," Amaranta said, walking up. "It's embarrassing."
Keiko looked at the demon in disbelief. "I can't believe you just said that! How can you be so cold?"
She stopped walking and stared at Keiko. "Did you forget whom you were talking to?" she asked sadly, holding her arms out to the sides.
Keiko blushed a little and smiled. "Oh, yeah. Sorry."
"I can't stop crying, I have betrayed my friends. There's nothing worse than that," Botan replied quietly.
"Well would you rather have them all dead?" Amaranta asked. Botan stared at the ground not knowing what to say. "It was either their lives or the information. You had no choice. Braeden is good on what he says, trust me. If you didn't tell him anything they would all be dead now."
"I believe you," Botan said, tears silently falling from her eyes, "but I wonder if there could have been another way to have gotten out of that."
"Don't be stupid."
Botan and Keiko gasped.
"You did what any logical person would have done. It's in the past now and you can't change it. There isn't always going to be an easy choice in life, and sometimes the only outcome will be one that is disappointing," Amaranta said depressingly.
"Amaranta-," Keiko began sympathetically.
"If anyone should be blamed," she broke in, "it should be me. If I had never come here then none of this would have happened." Amaranta walked away with her head bowed. Botan had stopped crying, she seemed to be over it now. She understood the position she was in now and could only apologize and explain what happened. There didn't seem to be any other way to repent for betraying them.
