Scarly's pov:

I walked down the dimly lit street, without having a single idea about where I was going. I didn't know this place very well, as I had only visited once before, and this time I had stayed inside most of the time.

The weather was crisp yet chilly, and there was the presence of a very light breeze that barely moved a few leaves on the trees.

What Aura said hit me harder than I expected. Is she right? Am I actually like that? Maybe I am. She's my best friend and she knows me the best, even better than my family probably, so she must be. Ha....Selfish. I always knew I was, I was always told that, by my mother mainly, but she wasn't wrong, neither was Aurora . I knew I was cold hearted, it just hit hard to hear it from the person I trusted most in the world, the person who had reassured me that I wasn't selfish or cold hearted, so many times, but in the end I was right wasn't it?

I let my thoughts run wild as I let my feet wander through the streets, I unzipped my jacket and pulled up the sleeves up to my elbows, welcoming the chilly cold breeze. It calmed me down, clearing my head for a few moments before the thoughts took over again. I wanted to scream in frustration, but I knew that wouldn't help matters. I ran my hands through my brown locks,tugging at the ends.

I didn't know what to feel,how to react. I found myself at a bridge of some sort and I continued walking until I reached the center of it. Swinging myself over the railing, I sat on it,my feet dangling beneath me as the moon reflected off the narrow river that ran through the town. On either side of the river was a few rows of thick and tall trees that lined the sidewalks of the town. It was a full moon night and it shone brightly, radiating a soft glow over the small town. I stared up at it, forgetting the world around me and focusing only on it's light and it's light alone.

I looked back down and took in my surroundings and its beauty. I focused on the shadows which were cast by the moonlight, and as eerie as it may seem, I found comfort in that. In the dark gloomy shadows as the moonlight lit up the town with a soft pearly glow. People are sometimes so focused on the main attractions that they forget to appreciate the small beauties in nature. The little details which completes something. The little details which might seem like nothing often play the biggest roles. Growing up, I found myself appreciating little things, the little details which enriches the beauty of something. It gave me a sense of belonging. As I continued to watch the shadows,dancing around,I didn't hear the light footsteps on the wooden boards of the bridge, approaching me.

"Wow you're hard to catch up with." someone says grabbing me from the behind. I snapped my head around ready to choke whoever it was, but before I could, the person grabbed my arm and pulled me down from the railing and I fell onto the floor of the bridge with an 'oof'.

I looked up to see who the hell disrupted my peace, to see Andy standing over me. He leaned back against the other side of the bridge and offered me a hand, which I took, only to yank him down onto the floor as well. He looked annoyed at first but decided to let it go.

"You didn't have to pull me off the railing you know? You could have just called me like a normal person."

"Well I'm not a normal person, and besides you know you have a terrible sense of balance and you can't swim." He points out.

I nodded my head at that and crossed my legs in front of me instead of making an attempt to get up. It was peaceful here, quiet and calm. I was not really a person who liked peace and quiet, I rather preferred to be in a loud place surrounded by people, even though I'd rarely talk if I didn't know the people properly. However this place was different, I didn't want to move or go back, I didn't wanna run off again to go on another mission to do god knows what. I wanted to get lost here or just disappear. Maybe Aura was right, maybe I didn't care about my family, otherwise why would ti not wanna go save them? Or at least try to find them? Why would I wanna run away?

Honestly at this point, I didn't care about anything, or anyone. As rude as it seemed, it was true, and i knew it was bad that i had given up so soon but I just had. I mean if Andy had pulled me off like that any other time, I would have come close to almost killing him, but now I didn't really care, I just sat there in front of him, both of us silent.

"Why did you follow me here?" I asked him after a long few minutes of silence.

"You looked very upset when you walked out and pretty scary to be honest, so I thought it would be better to approach you after a few minutes so you could calm down a bit. Well that and you are hard to catch up with, somehow."

I lightly smirked at that and hummed in response.

"I have long legs, I'm not fast,'' I said after a few seconds.

He looked at me with a quizzical look on his face before claiming that he was taller than me. To which I responded by saying it was only by like 2 inches and that he still had shorter legs than me which resulted in smaller steps.

Andy just scoffed at that and I leaned back on my hands staring up at the moon. We sat there in silence for another 10 minutes or so before I turned my head to look at him as I realized that I owed him an apology for that day on the train.

"Hey," I speak into the silence, watching him carefully.

"Hmm?" He hummed in response. The moonlight lit up his face, defining his features. He had started to grow a slight stubble and his dark circles were visible even in the dark. The frown on his face made him seem older than he was.

"I'm sorry." I said softly.

"For what?" he asked me, turning his head slightly and looking at me sideways. He was leaning against the railing facing the moon, one of his legs pulled up to his chest.

"For that day, on the train. I'm sorry for snapping at you. It's just you went to such lengths to quit last time and you know how I feel about smoking. Still, I overreacted and I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to offend you or be THAT rude. I- I didn't think about what I was saying and I didn't mean it. As much as I hate that you've started smoking again, I don't regret caring about you. I just, I don't want you to use smoking as a distraction, I don't want you to slowly kill yourself while trying to distract yourself from everything that has been going on. Try to find something else ok? Just please try." I finished in a pleading tone.

I watched him as he stayed silent for a few more seconds before nodding slowly and I sighed. We had been friends ever since 7th grade and we were close but we rarely ever shared our problems with each other. Our friendship was based more on long conversations about the weirdest topics, laughing our asses off about stupid stuff and having late night conversations because no one else was awake and we were both bored.

Andy jolted me out of my thoughts by screaming directly in my ear and I looked at him, it clearly showing on my face that I was pissed. He just gave me a sheepish smile as I rolled my eyes at him. How the hell can someone annoy me this much? Between him and Aura, I'm surprised I still hadn't killed either of them. My mood immediately dropped when I thought of Aura, or more specifically about what she said. Words never affected me and even though I cared a lot about what people thought, I had learned to not care, and it never bothered me. She was the one who helped me learn, but what she said hurt me, more than I thought it would.

I slowly scooted backwards and leaned against the railing too, my head resting on one of the bars while I looked up at the sky. It still amazed me just how beautiful it was. It was a clear sky with the color of the sky varying from a dark violet to a deep blue. The change in color was barely visible but I didn't miss it. The sky was lit up with a thousand different stars shining brightly.

"Do you wanna head back?" Andy asked me in a quiet voice. I peeked out of the corner of my eyes to see he too was staring up at the sky.

"No. Not yet. It's nice here. I don't wanna leave. I don't wanna face the others yet"

I saw him tear his eyes away from the sky and look at me for some time. I looked back at him for a minute before looking up again and sighing. I could tell he wanted to say something, probably about what Aura said, but decided against it. Instead we sat there for hours, mostly in silence with the occasional small talks about random things which later turned into long conversations about armies of mosquitoes and them being his true love.

A/n:

Incoming rant alert.

Alright here we go. So we know we haven't updated in over 20 days,and that's because a lot has been going on but we still wrote a chapter. And for whom? YOU. Get it? You guys. And what do we get in return? 21 reads and 3 votes? Seriously?! Yes,That's all the attention the last chapter got. And we're losing our readers and all.

I think it's safe to say that we lost our motivation for writing.

We don't want to sound demanding or disrespectful because we're still grateful for all tht you guys do,but c'mon guys....maybe our story is shit,maybe our story isn't fun to read or whatever it is,plz just tell us. It's heartbreaking how our story went downfall just after it hit 1k reads. The decrease is VERY visible, and now it's just sad.

But that's okay. We'll continue writing. This is a piece of us now. Hopefully we'll get our motivation back. And remember we're still very grateful to those 21 people who reads and bears with us. Thank you. AHHH anyways,

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