That Broken Heart She Wore

by reminiscent-afterthought

[pre-season] When Ruki got a shirt with a heart, she took a marker and drew a jagged line right through. It disgusted her, and now that it was maimed it disgusted her mother too.

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That Broken Heart She Wore
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Ruki didn't often laugh. The broken heart on her t-shirt made her feel a little more macabre, and there isn't much worth laughing over anyway. Comedy was a senseless bore. Misfortune was a cruelty she stayed away from…and whatever she thought about such things, she kept to herself. Rarely was she called out on it.

Cold was a mask and cloak that shielded her and concealed her. No one could look at her with pity, or tease her. It made her untouchable – like the heart over her chest, already broken so it can't be hurt anymore.

And it's not black.