piper mclean doesn’t wear her heart on her sleeve.
she doesn’t really see the point in doing that; all her feelings have done before is hurt her. like the time where she woke up with fake memories of her and jason, a whole life curated to perfection, just to find out it was made up.
nothing was real, their relationship wasn’t real, even if they made it real later on.
or the time when jason died. he broke up with her to protect her, but piper didn’t know that. she was too caught up in her own feelings to know. the heartbreak took over everything and she didn’t think there was anything worse until his body was in pipers arm, washed up near her father’s beach.
piper mclean doesn’t want to wear her heart on her sleeve anymore.
it’s done nothing but hurt her, why not go back to being guarded now? it doesn’t dull her pain, but it protects her from experiencing more pain. the heartbreak, the tears, the uncertainty, the insecurity. no more of that, just plain old piper mclean who everyone loves.
piper mclean doesn’t wear her heart on her sleeve anymore, it’s too bruised to be in the open now.
as much as piper despises drew and her mean barbie way of life, over time she can see who her sister really is. that drew’s heart is as bruised and broken as her own if not worse.
drew tanaka used to wear her heart on her sleeve, even if it was a lifetime ago, piper can see that.
she recognises the bruises of a broken heart much like her own.
piper mclean has seen a lot in the past few years to wear her heart on her sleeve.
drew’s seen more. despite their differences at first (piper cringes at her not like other girls phase, why did that exist), drew tanaka is piper’s sister.
piper would cry if something happened to drew, probably violently stab someone if they hurt her. but drew tanaka doesn’t need piper, that girl can draw blood from her nails if she wanted to.
but yet piper recognises the look of helplessness on drew’s face. it’s not a common occurrence per se, but it’s there nonetheless.
when their cabin excludes drew, when they send her a bitter look even if she’s just existing, or when they whisper things that piper doesn’t know about, but drew does.
piper mclean doesn’t wear her heart on her sleeve anymore.
at least piper thinks she used to.
piper knows drew couldn’t have been all sunshine and rainbows, that just seems abnormal for her, but if you asked piper ten months ago that she’d be on a quest to find out what happened with her cabin before so she can help drew (the others too, but piper worries about drew more), she would laugh at your face, so piper doesn’t erase sunshine drew.
its a terrifying possibility, but one nonetheless.
piper mclean doesn’t wear her heart on her sleeve, but she now has the confirmation drew used to.
the campers don’t speak much, and every time piper tries bringing it up, they cover their ears—to avoid charmspeak she presumed—and scurry away.
she doesn’t expect drew to give them to her directly, but its a stormy night, the clocks just strikes midnight and the date changes to august 18th.
the air shifts, piper sees drew slipping away during the campfire games.
piper knows she shouldn’t follow, but she does. its drew, piper tells herself she’s worried drew may stab someone with her nails, but she’s worried for drew. the five-ish years she’s been at camp now, piper has seen drew sneak away every august 18th.
piper doesn’t expect to be climbing the rooftop for cabin ten—she didn’t think drew would climb even if she wanted to—or hearing drew cry. piper says nothing, choosing to slowly approach drew instead. she sits down next to her older sister.
drew says nothing, glares at her amidst tears and tries pushing her off the rooftop, but it’s a week shove. piper realises drew’s exhausted.
piper doesn’t demand for answers—it surprises her too—instead tugs drew closer and hugs her and drew begins sobbing even more, clutching piper like a lifeline.
both of them are painfully aware this is the longest interaction they’ve had in the five years they’ve known each other.
drew falls asleep on piper that night, and piper doesn’t move an inch.
all she does is pray to her mother for answers, some resemblance of clarity. piper wants drew to stop hurting, and she asks her mother how. aphrodite smiles as the rift in cabin ten begins mending, starting with her two eldest kids.
piper mclean and drew tanaka wore their hearts on their sleeves once. they are similar in ways no one would expect.
neither brings up the night for another month.
but piper sees drew relaxing when piper walks in, she sees drew subconsciously leaning towards her as a symbol of trust. piper begins dragging drew in cabin activities—she should have done that five years ago, but piper was so goddamn stubborn and stupid.
both of them know it’s not out of pity; they are kids of aphrodite after all, they understand emotions (somehow cant pick up on the sisterly love they have for each other though).
its a start, a small bandaid on wounds that are years old, but it’s a start.
piper mclean and drew tanaka are healing the wounds of wearing their hearts on their sleeves
the next change takes place on the 18th of september.
piper and drew get into an argument, a screaming match.
looking back at it, piper doesn’t even remember what it was for, but at that time it seems like a life and death choice, but there’s yelling, screaming, crying, insults, a lot.
but drew suddenly yells at her, calls her the wrong name.
“god, youre so stupid silena!“
the room goes silent, everyone stares at the two, and drew slaps her hand over her mouth. piper notices drew’s sudden shaking and the shift in the room, but before she can say anything drew runs out.
the rest of cabin ten flocks to piper, checking up on her, but she refuses to move fuelled by anger that not one of their siblings checked up on drew. she pushes them aside and runs to where she saw drew run off to, and its the same place.
nyssa from cabin nine is there with drew this time, gently consoling her.
piper turns to leave but nyssa tugs her back, leaving instead, piper turns to see drew staring at the piper with red eyes, but there’s no malice in them, and piper goes over and hugs drew. they sit quietly, neither demanding an explanation from the other.
its silent until drew breaks, crying out in a mess of tears. piper gets all the answers she wanted too.
piper has seen her in photos, but every-time she asks, they change the topic and now piper knows why.
drew cries her heart out to piper.
and piper mclean finally understands why drew tanaka doesnt wear her heart on her sleeve.
