"Shh... you're okay, Aisling. I'm here and you're safe. Everything will be alright." Seven told her as he held her in his arms.
Hearing his comforting words and voice, her breathing calmed and the tears stopped. She dropped the pills she was grasping onto before and put her head in her hands.
"I... god, Seven... I swear that was not me!" She said.
He stroked her head, "I know, but do you know what it was?"
She took a deep breath and looked up at him, "I guess some of Jade is still in me..."
"What do you mean?"
"When I was MC, I could feel everything that she was feeling. Her anger, her sadness, her happiness, excitement, everything. I could even hear what she was saying sometimes... she would talk about how the game helped her with her depression and at the mention of what Rika did, she would talk about her attempted suicide..." She looked down at the floor again, "I guess having those pills must have triggered that same feeling she felt when she tried to..." She trailed off.
"Hey. It's all over now. That wasn't even you." He thought for a moment. "You want to make a cat-shaped cake with me?" He hoped it would cheer her up.
She nodded, "Yeah. That sounds good." She smiled lightly.
"Okay. Now get up off the floor." He joked.
She shook her head, "No. Please, just a little longer..." She closed her eyes and placed her head on his chest.
"Okay." He said. "If you ever feel like that again though, feelings that aren't yours, come and find me, okay?"
"Okay." She said quietly.
She felt tired after crying so much, and sitting there with Seven was nice. She felt like sleeping, but then became afraid of what might happen if she did.
Would she wake up as MC again? Would something happen to Seven or the RFA or would the game reset?
She opened her eyes. "Let's make that cake."
"Are you ready now?"
She nodded.
"Okay."
They both stood up and looked around for the ingrediants and what they needed to make it.
"After we're done, we should send a picture to Jumin and say he can't have any." Seven suggested.
Aisling chuckled. "Isn't that a little mean?"
"I'm gonna let him. As a fellow cat lover, I understand the pain. I just meant as a joke."
She nodded slowly, "Ah, I see."