"W..what are you talking about?" Jade stuttered as she asked nervously.
Inside her head, she was screaming out in frustration. This was the very reason she stayed away from breakfast. She didn't know why, or since when... But, for the longest ti, Emily had been able to see through her whenever she was hiding sothing.
She thought that if she stayed away from Emily for a day or two. Then maybe sothing else will happen that will take her mind off things. If that happened, she would be able to hide what happened from Emily without seeming suspicious.
However, her plan failed the very morning she made it. What the hell was wrong with Emily? Did she have so secret psychic ability from even before the apocalypse or sothing? That shouldn't be impossible, considering Freya's mindscape ability.
"No, I don't have a psychic ability. I just know you extrely well, so stop thinking about it. Also, don't play dumb, we're long past that point," Emily suddenly spoke.
Her words made Jade feel a strong chill go down her spine. How can Emily say she is not psychic when she's literally saying what she was thinking?! Should she make a break for it and let Muku deal with her?
"Don't even try it, and his turn will co soon enough..." Emily spoke again.
At this point, Jade was feeling rather creeped out and a little scared. Her body turned weak under Emily's eerily calm gaze. Emily seed like an All-seeing demigod sent to interrogate her at that mont.
If she were in her cat form, she would probably be hissing while slowly getting back. That's how much Emily was freaking her out.
"I... I really don't know what you're talking about. I swear!" Jade tried to play dumb one more ti. Maybe Emily was just bluffing.
"So... Not only did you know sothing. You also did sothing?!" Emily spoke, this ti her calm expression cracking a bit.
Jade broke out in cold sweat. How many incidents involving her did Emily go through?? The girl was practically deciphering everything just from looking at her!
"Okay, stop! I'll tell you everything. Just don't creep out anymore, please!" Jade exclaid in defeat.
She felt like Emily was going to find out everything anyway. So, it was better to just admit it from the start. If she's to be punished, it wouldn't be as bad, right?
She was now regretting the impulsive kiss. If it wasn't for that incriminating occurrence, she would have been fine with spilling the beans. She'd have done so long ago.
Which was how Emily caught her. Emily knew that Jade would beco extra hesitant to reveal sothing when she also did sothing wrong. Otherwise, if it was just soone else's mistake. She had no problem with throwing that person under the bus after a little push from Emily.
Of course, it was only like that with Emily. Otherwise, she was pretty good at keeping secrets.
"Sure... Now, tell everything you know," Emily replied.
She had recovered from the unexpected discovery of Jade's guilt. It still bothered her in her mind, though. She was wondering what it could possibly be that Jade did for her to feel guilty. Jade was a mostly unrepentant girl after all.
It couldn't have possibly been "that" right?... No, nothing seed different about Jade. She didn't seem to be in discomfort either. And Muku wouldn't do such a thing. So, maybe it wasn't as serious as she thought... Maybe.
"Umm, so... At first I was minding my business, then I heard sothing. Which turned out to be..." Jade proceeded to tell Emily everything she knew. Of course, it wasn't anything graphic, but it was detailed enough for Emily to get a clear idea...
Emily's expression got darker and darker the more she heard Jade speak. At first, she would slightly bite her lip. Then she would intensely bite it to the point of drawing blood. Then she stopped biting it, tears began falling from her eyes.
Guessing sothing and knowing that it's likely true from the guess is different from it actually being confird. The confession visibly hurt Emily a lot. One of her dreams had been shattered just like that, it seed.
She had long suspected that sothing would happen between those two before the two years were up. However, even if it was expected. It still hurt her a lot. She really wanted to be the first. To exchange her first for his.
"A... are you okay?" Jade asked nervously.
She didn't expect Emily to be so hurt by the news. After all, they all quietly knew that Audrey was likely going to be the first, even if Audrey herself was oblivious.
She wanted to give Emily a hug but didn't know if she would allow it. After a slight mont of hesitation. She went for it and hugged Emily. As her best friend, she just couldn't bear to watch while looking on.
Emily tried to get out of the hug at first, but she couldn't for obvious reasons. Jade was not soone she could even think of overpowering physically.
After a while, she stopped struggling and just cried in Jade's arms. Which went on for so ti before she was fine again. It seed the matter was a really big deal to her.
"Thank you for that..." Emily spoke after calming down. Being hugged really helped.
"Sure. That's what best friends are for," Jade replied with a smile on her face.
"Yeah... Now tell what you did after all that," Emily asked. Having returned to her interrogation mode again.
Just when Jade was feeling relieved about how she had dodged a bullet. Her first thought after hearing the question was to imdiately get away.
However, Emily, who had anticipated it, clung onto her like she was glued on. Jade struggled to get free but couldn't.
"If you keep on struggling, I'm going to burn your clothes along with everything in this room", Emily spoke.
Her words made Jade wonder why people always thought Emily was the nice one between them. She was clearly pure evil! Who would even think of doing such a thing to their best friend?!
"Fine! Just don't do anything crazy after I tell you," Jade relented. Finding clothes in the apocalypse had gotten super hard. So, she didn't want to risk angering Emily and facing her wrath.
Emily nodded for her to continue. Her grip on Jade is not loosening even a bit. Which made Jade roll her eyes. Why was she still holding her when she had taken her whole room hostage already?
"Rember, you promised not to do anything crazy after I tell you", Jade spoke. Not saying what Emily wanted to hear.
"Say it already! Do you want to burn sothing to show you my seriousness?" Emily exclaid annoyedly.
Jade's unwillingness was making her feel worse. What could she have done?! Did she really do the unthinkable or sothing??
"Okay, okay. Don't get mad. Umm, so I took advantage of the information I had and.... Then I .... In the heat of the mont, I .... Then I ran out" Jade bit the bullet and told Emily everything.
She then closed her eyes, waiting for an explosion from Emily. She was even expecting to lose a few things.
However, even after a minute had passed. She still couldn't didn't sll anything burning or anything like that. She could only hear Emily's unchanged breathing.
She started wondering if Emily might have fainted while holding her. Or maybe she was so shocked she didn't know how to react.
Such thoughts prompted her to slowly open her eyes curiously. Her heart skipped a beat the mont she saw Emily's face. It was still as calm as before. Which was a lot more scary than her exploding from anger.
"Don't worry, I won't burn your clothes. I understand, you had a chance and you took it. Besides, soone else had kissed him first. So, what's one more right?" Emily spoke calmly.
"R... really?, I'm glad you understand. I guess I was worried about bothering. I should have had more faith in you," Jade spoke while letting out a sigh of relief.
It seed Emily really wasn't angry. It was understandable since Audrey and Muku were the real villains in the story. She was just a side character. A minor villain in fact...
"Yeah... I won't burn your clothes or anything else. I'll burn you instead! How dare you take advantage of him like that?!" Emily's whole deanour suddenly changed, just when Jade was starting to relax too.
Before she could do anything, both she and Emily were covered in flas. She could feel that the flas were different from the ones Emily used before, which wouldn't hurt her.
"Ahhh! You promised you wouldn't do anything crazy!" Jade scread.
She was really scared. How could she forget that Emily was almost as obsessed with Muku as Hope was! They both found it unacceptable when soone took advantage of him. No matter who it was, apparently.
To think she'd die like that. Killed by her friend over a man they both weren't even romantically involved with yet...
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