It had started off as a simple ambush – another attempt at taking the twins by surprise and overpowering them, finally proving his superiority as a Woo Foo Knight. A plan Yuck has to keep changing at the last second: when Yang goes his own way, he chooses to chase after Yin as the bigger threat. When she heads outside of town, he has to take extra care to make as little noise as possible until he’s sure he can catch her by surprise.
…But why? What’s with all these precautions, and without her brother? What is she even carrying that could get her to react like this? From where stands trailing after her, all he sees is a rock.
…Something is not right.
“ Let me see that. “
Element of surprise be damned, Yuck’s impatience can’t wait any longer. They’re alone and far enough from town anyways; he has the advantage so far, so he only hopes this is worth risking said advantage. At the very least, her reaction is enough to bring a smirk to his–
Wait.
Wait.
Any amusement, any mischief in Yuck’s countenance – gone in an instant, a bucket of ice-cold water dumped over them. Fiery eyes that zone everything out, zeroing in only on the rock that comes flying out of Yin’s hand before returning to her in a flash of blue.
It happens too fast, but they know - they swear - that underneath that blue they glimpsed a familiar shade of dark green that can only belong to–
…But it’s impossible, isn’t it? The last time the saw it, he still had it – and he is long gone. His lair, cut off from the rest of the world, now reduced to a gaping crater cutting though the earth, taking everything it once held with it. And that should’ve included it…
…right?
“ Yin. “ There is no snark in Yuck’s voice as he takes a step forward. No amusement, no impatience; how can words sound like a threat and a plea at the same time? “ I’m not askin’ again. “
HE SAW IT. there was no doubt about it ; she slipped up for a SPLIT second and that was enough time for him to see it. there was no time for a FIGHT , no time for an explanation ( not that she thought he DESERVED one ). if she paid better attention to her surroundings , she may have been able to sense he was STALKING her this whole time. maybe she could’ve shaken him off her tail , taken a different route till she lost him.
it was too late to think about what she SHOULD’VE done. what’s important was what she’s planning to do NOW.
was it even worth still trying to destroy the amulet at this point ? could she still shake yuck off her trail at this point ? taking it back home was out of the question ; what if he shows up afterwards ? and then she’d have no choice but to explain WHY he was looking for the amulet at the dojo in first place and then yang would know she’d been LYING all this time and...
no. it’s fine. she could do this. she.. she can do this.
head glances back to him with a defeated gaze , hands still clinging the ‘ ROCK ’ to her chest. for a brief moment , it looks like she’s ready to give in , letting out a tired sigh as she turns her whole body to face him. her voice lacked that ever so cocky charisma she usually donned when they budded heads , now replaced with a more quivering mess.
“ i’m... you know i can’t give it to you.... but i’m not gonna fight you for it either. ” it’s not even worth the trouble. “ which is why i’m begging you to let this one go. PLEASE. ”
she stood motionless , hands continuing to cradle the amulet while all the muscles in her body was screaming at her to start running. NOT YET. as much as she wanted things to end civilly , she knew he wasn’t gonna let her go that easily. running was her only option. if she’s lucky , maybe she shake him at some point.
i have it on my spotify but it's set to private (for reasons) but i'll put a few of the songs i have there under the read more
also just to clarify they're not in any particular order and i added them heavily based on my personal characterization of yin (which also may or may not have been influenced by certain interactions that occurred over on dscord)
top of my school - katherine lynn-rose
washing machine heart - mitski
my grand plan - kristin stokes (pjo musical)
brutal - olivia rodrigo
are you satisfied? - MARINA
two birds - regina spektor
i have more but i'm still debating on whether they fit or not :///
i hate @lapinferno so much (lovingly): "let me see that." [ :3c ]
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the rabbit holds the amulet with a DREADED grip , clinging onto it like the wind would steal it from right under her if she wasn’t careful. taking it out of it’s hiding spot proved to be a DIFFICULT task , having to send her brother into town for some wild goose chase. she only hoped she’d actually have it in her today to GET RID of the cursed object once and for all.
a volcano should do right ? i mean who goes looking for magical jewelry in a volcano ? and surely it’ll be the last place YANG thinks to look if he ever finds out she kept it hidden from him for so long... but he won’t find out.
it helped if she pretended she holding something else like a ROCK ! though , that illusion can be shattered so quickly if she even glances at it. too many memories. memories she WISHED she could just forget , but that won’t help her or him or everyone. she HAS to live with what happened , she has to make sure nothing like what yang pulled happens ever again.
she must’ve been off somewhere else , because his voice actually STARTLES her. fumbling slightly while the amulet juggles in the air momentarily , catching it mid air as a bright blue aurora surrounds it. pulling it closer , her head turns to slowly face him. no. please tell me he didn’t actually see that.
shaky paws grasp onto the amulet once more , turning her head away from him again while hugging the amulet to her chest. her voice is quiet , PLEADING , she probably sounded annoyed. she wasn’t , she was just tired. she went through all that work to keep it a SECRET , keep it hidden and going as far as LYING to her own brother ; please , just let her do this one thing.
“ don’t. please , leave me alone yuck. JUST THIS ONCE. ”
anonymous said: It would be a shame if your brother found out you were keeping the amnesiaulet a secret from him.
just fucking rip yin’s heart out (accepting)
FUNNY. that almost sounded liked a THREAT.
however , she’d be lying if she said the scenario hadn’t crossed her mind on more than ONE occasion. as much as it pained her to think , she really wouldn’t know how’d yang would react. it would lead to a whole can of worms that she was nowhere near ready to open , not to mention having to come up with a LIE on why she had it hidden in the first place instead of keeping it protecting in the woo foo armory.
BECAUSE WHAT IF YOU TRY TO USE IT AGAIN ?
she’d gone over a million different ways she could potentially smooth over the hypothetical situation , but every time , she always reached the same conclusion. he was too UNPREDICTABLE. she couldn’t possibly predict how he’d react , he might lash out or start interrogating her , or he might not even care at all ! she doesn’t know and it TERRIFIES her.
there have been one too many times yin understated her own brother , sad to say , but she always thought she was one step ahead of him. convincing herself for LONGEST time that she knew him better than anyone else. but she doesn’t. he proved that to her the moment he...
oh. was she shaking ? well if she was , she’s not anymore ! paws balling into tight fists and abruptly crossing her arms over her chest. her gaze falling apathetically to the ground , as if she were waiting for a hole to open up at any moment. her voice is cold , “ good thing he won’t EVER find out about it then. ”
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