she doesn’t fight him, because she knows that she needs to get away. not just from the crime, but away from all of this. she needed to talk to her aunt, and get them out of this town, and start all over again. it wasn’t the first time that they’d done it, but it was the first time that they’d been caught up to. they weren’t doing a good enough job.
the girl is quiet, letting his arms wrap around her, and letting herself be hugged. it was hard to focus on the now, her brain was too focused on the future. on how awful things were going to become.
still, she moves to hug him back, as if that might protect her somehow. “you don’t understand, miles.” it’s said into his shoulder, hands gripping his sweatshirt as if he might try to leave. though, she knew he wouldn’t. “they aren’t going to stop.”
this was what they wanted. everything was always some sort of test, or some sort of a trap, and she had fallen right into it. “no one can stop them.” her voice is barely there, hands still holding onto him. “they wanted this. and-and they probably want me to run, too.” it’s a product of the way she was brought up. they had always been five steps ahead of her then, so why not now, too? “oh god, what if they’re at the house?” she wasn’t even so much talking to him now, more just worrying out loud.
“ THEN LET’S GO TO YOUR HOUSE. they’d be expecting you to be alone, right? NOT WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. ” miles rationalises. “ we can head them off--be safer with two people than with one. && BESIDES; if you go alone, there’s nobody who can help you later. ”
all ways to say miles doesn’t want her going by herself. miles continues to hold onto rain && half rock her, before he sighs a bit, patting her back. he can’t imagine the kind of suffering she must be holding onto so tightly. he doesn’t know if he could ever be as STRONG as her, to do it all by her lonesome. miles puts his head on top of rain’s own.
“ you don’t have to do this alone. ”
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