Anu no longer bore down on the other, and it was only her need to keep Geneva out of the territory that kept her planted before her. She wanted to put miles between she and the other female. Her heart would not stop pounding in her ears until she did, the rage wouldn’t subside until Geneva’s face disappeared from her view. It remained, as much as she wished it away, she stayed so that she could what? Explain herself just a bit more. Anu felt her chest relax, her breathing calmed and the anger within fell to a dull blaze. But as she heard her name spoken in her tongue, it spiked and jumped in her chest. Her mouth remained shut, eyes on her face and waited for her to finish. It was she wanted, she just wanted it to be finished.
She seemed to gather her courage, or some broken pieces of herself. And at that moment Anu idly wondered if she might attack her again, take those fallen pieces and scatter them once again. She felt far from whole, but even as the other female explained everything that they seemed to keep hidden when they had been something brighter then what hung between them now, nothing fell into place for her. Anu reframed from moving forward, as she said that she would indeed be leaving. She wanted to laugh and mock the words that came with that exit but her face remained as black as she could manage. Anu had turned her back on them some time ago. And maybe it was because in the end she hadn’t gotten what she wanted. Though never had she truely felt that it was what Geneva wanted. But maybe she was just blind.
The words stung, so much so that Anu felt darkness enclose her and she shut her eyes. In and instant they were open, and the same female stood before her. Her heart did not pound, her skin was not on fire. And she did not find a response on her tongue, one that had been jumping from her heart and throat or one that held the same syllables. Instead Anu spoke with a reserve that was unlike her. You were my everything. Her voice was hollow, but it was honest. And everything has changed. Not just some of those things, but all of them. And then she spoke once more, the last she would. If she refused, though Anu didn’t think she would, her only response would be physical.
Go. |