Somewhere Only We Know
Yoru x Jett
-What is supposed to be going on between you? - Brimstone said very angrily, suddenly scaring them, that voice was the last thing they wanted to hear at that moment.
They were sitting together in the main hall of the barracks, comfortably on the couch and talking about the last confrontations that took place, about how those events can mark people, and also about what they usually talk about every time they can be together.
They already had a warning, they knew they were not to be together, or at least not to be seen together.
They hid their secret for a long time, seeing each other on the sly.
But now, they had been discovered.
-Yoru, you'd better go to sleep please.- said Brimstone seriously, very angry.
-No, if you want to talk about this, you'll have to talk about it with both of us. - Yoru exclaimed, very serious and angry.
Brimstone kept staring at Yoru defiantly.
He looked at Jett, she looked so scared and then looked at Brimstone, he just didn't know what to do.
-Brim...-
-Yoru, go to sleep.- Brimstone repeated with a tone of last warning, Yoru had no choice but to obey, walking away very angry and discouraged.
So, there stood Jett, in total silence, with Brimstone in front.
Yoru stopped in the distance and turned to look at her with all the sadness on his face, with guilt in his eyes, and slowly walked away, he knew Brimstone would scold her and he didn't want her to pay for their guilt, but he was afraid to defy him and end up in worse terms with him.
-The rules were set for everyone, Jett-
-Brimstone, I just need you to understand that I didn't do anything wrong... please listen to me, just for a moment-
-I don't need to hear anything, Jett, I don't need any explanation to know what's going on between the two of you.-
-I just need you to listen to me...-
-You were warned, since the last time I found you two together, you were warned. I will not tolerate this again. I don't want to be the villain of the story when we have much bigger problems to solve. Don't you understand everything that's going on right now? Do you think I have time for these problems?-
-Brimstone, I'm... I'm sorry, it's just that you have to understand that...-
-Go to sleep, Jett- He said coldly.
-What? Wait Brimstone! You're not even going to listen to me, are you? You don't understand anything, you would never understand this, you just get angry, you just get angry because you think it's wrong the simple fact that Yoru loves me, and I love him, what the hell is wrong with you Brimstone?...-
-Just go to sleep Jett, I'm going to take care of this situation early tomorrow morning. -
- No way... - She whispered to herself as Brimstone walked away and the automatic door closed behind him.
She covered her face with her hands, holding in all the rage she felt at that moment, trying not to cry.
She began to assume that Brimstone would talk to Yoru about everything, and the feeling of guilt ran through her body like a shiver, she closed her eyes tightly trying to release some tension. With Yoru, the two of them had spent months hiding so many moments, stealing emotions from the present, forbidden sensations. At that moment she had no idea what was going to happen. And she was scared.
What could Brimstone do?
What would he do now that he had found them together?
She went very sadly to bed, but she couldn't bear to cry, until she fell asleep.
The next morning she wakes with a start, remembering how much she cried before she fell asleep.
She sits up slowly and rubs her eyes, as her vision clears from sleep she notices that in front of her is Yoru, looking at her sadly, but still trying to smile at her.
She gets up surprisingly and approaches him.
-But... What are you doing here? If Brimstone finds out that you're here.... -
- Come with me. - He takes her hand and a blue aura envelops them, the portal transports them in a couple of seconds to the outskirts of the barracks near the lagoon they used to frequent.
-Yoru... What's going on? -
He sighed, took her hands and looked her in the eyes.
- I will leave... -
- What? What are you saying? -
- I'm no longer part of the Valorant protocol, Brimstone asked me to leave. -
-No... Yoru... You... he can't do that...-
She thought about what she had just said and realized that Brimstone could, and had, of all the things that could go wrong, this was turning into a nightmare, but she wanted that, for it to be a nightmare, for nothing to be real.
-Brimstone told me to leave before the sun comes up, that's why I had to wake you up, I needed to talk to you before I left, you woke up just in the nick of time.-
-I don't know what to do. What do I do to make you stay...? - Jett said desperately.
-Even though we were able to keep it a secret for a long time, sooner or later he was going to find out... deep down we knew it, Jett. - He said stroking her hair, she began to feel tension all over her body and despair, believing that everything that was happening couldn't be real.
-It's my fault... all of this... - she said.
-Don't say that please, Jett, look at me, we went against the rules, and even though it was a very absurd rule, I wouldn't change a thing, everything we went through together I think, is the best I've ever spent with anyone in my whole life. -
-...is that you don't have the slightest idea of what you mean to me, in this place, Yoru...-
-Jett, listen to me, you are stronger than you think, it's in you, even if I'm not here, I want you to discover it, that strength inside you, you are brave, and I admire you so much...-
-Please don't go. - said Jett with his eyes filling with tears and despair invading his body.
-Let's go back to the barracks- he said when he saw her so bad, hugging her by the shoulder, Yoru opened another portal that would take them back to the barracks.
She went to her room, changed out of her nightclothes into her usual wardrobe to join him outside, while he waited for her in the main hall.
Jett was not the type of person who often cried, she was always very giggly, cheerful, but on this occasion she couldn't stop the tears, she tried to wipe them away one by one, as more fell.
-The sun is almost up. - she said to herself looking out the window as she walked to the living room, she ran to Yoru and hugged him as she had never done before, she closed her eyes in her embrace.
-Please don't go. - she whispered to him.
-I have to go. - he said, very sad.
-I promise we will meet again. - She said letting her tears fall in front of him, while she continued hugging him tightly.
-Don't cry Jett. - He said caressing her hair and at the same time feeling his heart break when he saw her so sad with her eyes full of tears, she had never shown herself like that in front of anyone. Yoru knew he was very important to her, the situation told him so.
Suddenly.
She kissed him.
Yoru was in shock.
They had never kissed, both coming from very different families and cultures, so they had chosen to save such displays of affection until an opportune moment.
And for Jett that was the right time.
He wrapped his arms around her and the warm kiss ended with her looking into his eyes.
He let her cry on his shoulder.
He had never felt more in love than he did that day, that moment.
Despite the sad circumstances.
He took her hand and they walked outside, slowly, towards that place only they knew, on the shore of the lake, where they used to talk for hours in secret, where they would say goodbye. After several minutes of just being there, listening to the silence, their hands slowly let go and Yoru began to walk away.
-I'm going to miss you so much. - she said to him with a trembling voice.
-I'll miss you too, little Jett. -
In a matter of seconds Yoru was gone, his trace had disappeared, taking with him all the moments they spent together, all the feelings that had changed Jett, in a world at war, where everything is pain and suffering, she had been able to find a source of happiness, which was now gone.
There are situations that generate a very deep sadness, which over time can evolve and turn into anger, it is not easy to hide emotions or hide them in plain sight, it requires a lot of strength. But sometimes keeping everything is not a good decision either, when the explosion of everything accumulated can cause a catastrophe in the person, causing the person to change completely, becoming a different version, that happened to little Jett, from that day her heart began to cool down little by little.
@hidru : I really hope this is to your liking. I've been thinking about a really long Soviper and You x Jett story for a long time, in fact I'm starting with drafts, this excerpt would be part of that story but I was very interested in sharing it as a short story too. As you know English is not my first language, but I would really love to make you enjoy the story :)
I apologize and ask for your understanding for any grammatical errors, spelling mistakes, redundancies and other details :(