✘ (from Kitty. I cba to switch accounts on mobile)
“Don’t.” The tone of her voice is that of a warning, a threat even, but other than her words, Eulia does little else to stop the approaching woman. “No, no, Katherine – no.” She carries on, chanting the word ‘no’ over and over again, as if the use of it will repel Kitty. It doesn’t and Eulia looks on with a mix of dread, horror, and agitation as Kitty steps near, arms spread open to receive her.
A small step is taken to place distance between them, but that’s does little in the long run. Kitty’s a mere foot or so before her and really, there’s nothing to be done. Kitty will do what she wants to do, Eulia knows that. That point has been made perfectly clear for the past.. holy shit, 10 years now?
Goddamn, they’re old.
The contact is made within seconds, despite a few more quick and desperate pleas, and Eulia makes a final, indistinguishable noise of protest as their chests meet. “I don’t want thiiis,” she whines before finding her face lost in the mess of brown hair that’s draped over Kitty’s shoulder. Gross, she thinks and tries to shake herself free from the locks while Kitty’s arms wrap around her.
And then she swallows.
Hard.
Something is welling up and Eulia tenses in response. The hug isn’t reciprocated by any means and its impossible to tell if that’s because she just doesn’t like the contact, or because she’s utterly ashamed to be in a room with this woman again. It’s a good mix of both, probably.
It’s been years since Eulia’s properly seen Kitty and that’d been a strategic move on her behalf. She’s avoided her like the plague and it’s all been out of shame. There was a good chunk of time where their contact had consisted of nothing but lies from Eulia. Lies explaining where she was, what she was doing, swearing she wasn’t in the city – all lies to hide that she was living from hotel to hotel while in the arms of a man who single-handedly ended the lives of countless mutants, some of their classmates included. There were countless lies told to cover her shame.
And now that shame was drowning her.
She manages to choke out an, “I’m sorry, Kitty,” before proceeding to bite her tongue. On Kitty’s end, she surely must sounds crazy. A moment before, she was trying to evade this contact and now she has this girl apologizing into her hair. Eulia is a mess.. but really, that can’t be much of a surprise to anyone who’s known her for long.
It’s right as Kitty begins to drop her arms that Eulia moves hers. “Don’t.” She says, quickly, ashamed by her own demand. Her arms lift and slowly, hesitantly, they wrap around Kitty’s slender frame. “We can do this for a little.” Her eyes squeeze shut. “Just for a little.”