Ep-6
"When I first saw the smile, I was sure I wanted to wake up to it every day"
"I didn't know that smile wanted me to sleep forever"
Reize
You sure took your sweet time
Reize
(Now that I have had another full look, he definitely lost weight. Also the messy bed hair? The Emris I know hardly slept beyond 6am. Are all of these.....an extension of the pain I made you endure?)
Reize
Come near, why are you so wary of me?
Emris
Director I don't have time for small talk. Make it quick, I am here solely for repayment
Reize
*stands up and leaves her car, only to grab Emris's wrist*
Emris
*Slaps away her hand* Don't touch me so mindlessly! I don't want a stranger's hand all over me
Reize
*hand twitches from the slap*
Reize
Why are you so adamant on pretending to not know me?!!
Emris
*stares at her coldly* Then do you really want me to answer your "why" earnestly?
Emris
We aren't naive college students anymore. You think I am going to let you play me like a fiddle again?
Reize
(Of course I know the sins I committed against him. But hearing him list them one by one while reliving the pain....I know I can't bear it)
Reize
*mutters* but do you think you can solve the problem by pretending there wasn't a problem in the first place?
Emris
It's my life and it's for me to decide how I handle my problems
Emris
I don't need your superficial help for that
Emris
(what did I even think, getting down here for a simple grin. She is still the very same, just as abrasive and obnoxious as before)
Emris
(I should.... give up. I can't go back to my past again. No matter how much I search, I can never find something that didn't exist for me)
Emris
*scoffs* So this is it right? It's finally time for the goodbye
Reize
(Always trying to run away at the simplest mention of the past. So this is how you lived while hiding, from the world, from your very own past for these 5 years?)
Reize
I am sorry....and I am sorry that a sorry is all I can offer for now
Emris
( It's the 2nd time already.....I spent countless nights thinking of a moment like this)
Emris
(A moment when she will finally apologize for everything. But now that she has done twice in a span of 24 hours, it feels.....hollow)
Emris
Sorry is just a mere 5 lettered word without proper repercussions and remuneration
Reize
*flings open her car door*
Emris
(An overflowing opulence. Does she want to show the gap between our financial standings to humiliate me further? She didn't even need to try this hard. I already know how pathetic my situation is)
Reize
You are right, a sorry without remuneration for the pain is useless
Reize
Pick anything from here, that should more than compensate for your work yesterday
Emris
Limited edition watches and perfumes....diamond studded bracelets....American Express cards... Mercedes-Benz....are you crazy?
Reize
*tilts her head* that's the way you made me even without being with me
Emris
*chuckles sarcastically* So you think money can buy back 8 years of nightmares?
Emris
I want honest repayment for my work. Nothing more or less. I knew I was just wasting my time on you *sighs*
Reize
These are the mental damage fees for the 8 years
Emris
....this doesn't even compare....
Emris
.....but I would take it for now. I want them all
Emris
(If only I was richer! I wouldn't have to bend backwards for a few pieces of paper)
Emris
(The rent bills, job-hunting bills, food bills.... everything is just crashing on me one after another)
Reize
That's okay. These things never held meaning to me without you anyway
Emris
*sighs* What's in it for you in all of this? I know someone like you won't move a finger without a promised reward
Reize
*points her finger at him* You
Emris
Huh? I don't get you
Reize
The fact that you accepted the trinkets I presented to you under the guise of "mental damage fees" means you're acknowledging your past right?
Reize
Most importantly, you are accepting my part in it
Reize
That's all I asked for yesterday
Emris
You....got me good this time
Emris
(I can't even be angry at her flippant attitude now. It's my fault for being easy to manipulate)
Reize
But I want one last favour from you
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