“Something’s up, I can tell.”
jse meme || @irumino
“ Hm-mh ” Lips were pressed together as fingers clutched the steering wheel, no intentions of ever letting go again. It was a rather unusual moment for him. The calm that was merely a MASK, just there to conceal his blind terror as any other motion would result in sheer panic. It was the same with his silence, unusual and maybe even concerning, yet he couldn’t bring himself to say anything for fear that any noise from his mouth would be a scream for help instead.
And the lingering danger, the gut-wrenching fear, it all had been going on for so long already. NO. It hadn’t been long but what seemed like an eternity to him might’ve been nothing but a short heartbeat to his friend. In any way, his terror kept going on and on until it was mentioned. Yet, he was close to swallowing his own tongue as telling the truth, admitting it, would make the horror real. Teeth came down to gnaw on his lips letting another moment pass in silence before he heard himself talking. And his voice, as strained he was and despite the tremors, still held a hint of hope to it. “ I KNOW. They’ve been following us for the past ten minutes already. ”