Couldn't Get Away
[They won't let you leave them alone, to ponder on what could have been]
Ace Trappola:
Everything had been perfect y'know, he had planned everything out for weeks, he wanted it to be perfect. Needed it to be.
He was really scared too, scared that you would say no, scared to commit, but he persevered, he didn't pull back last minute, he followed his plan through to the end, he really did, even gave himself a mental pep talk before asking you.
Asking you to be his.
He didnt know it, since he could even look at you while confessing his love for you, but, your face was one of surprise, and then, it shifted into, something different.
You smiled at him, but it wasn't a happy smile, it was, like, you knew something he didn't, understood something he couldn't.
"Oh, Ace... y'know, I really like you too, I like you a lot, honestly." You looked at the ground as you spoke, you had something else to say, but Ace let himself live in his grandeur illusion for just a moment longer, Ace thought you were just shy though, he eagerly placed one of his hands on top of yours though
"Really?" Ace looked over at you, in your peripherals, you could almost see the hearts in his eyes, and his hand became clammy.
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You had always been the kind of person to rip off the band-aid. It was one of your best qualities. But now, hearing your words, he hated it, your voice, usually so sweet to his hears, felt like it was stabbing chest.
"But, we can't be together, I... I know we can't work out."
What.
"I'm practically an alien, I don't even legally exist here either. I don't have an identity outside of being the magic less prefect of Ramshackle. And I don't want to drag you down with my situation."
No...nononono, this can't be happening, you can't be saying this, this can't be real, there's no way, right?
"Plus, when I go home, I'll... probably never get to see you again, and it wouldn't be right to either of us to start dating, just to have to seperate. I wouldn't want to do that to you."
"I'm sorry Ace."
You slip your hand from his, get up and walk away, leaving him on the bench where you two sat together just moments ago.
How could this have happened, he poured his feelings out to you, opened his heart to you, and, and it was all for nothing.
Because of... because of that damn mirror, because you just had to go home huh? What could possibly be so amazing back there that you would leave him?
He didn't care what he had to do to keep you, to hear yes from you lips.
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And care, he didn't, as he shattered your only chance to return home.
How could he care when it meant you would be stuck with him? So he smiled as he broke it. As he broke you.
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Leona Kingscholar:
"I'm sayin' that I love you, herbivore." His words came out rushed, like he wanted to get declaring his love for you over with as fast as possible.
The confession, if it weren't spontaneity of you two's situation, never would have came. But the moment the words of his love left his lips, he felt his both sink and speed up at the same time.
And then, you answered.
"Leona... I really, really like you too... but-"
"But what?" He could already feel his heart breaking, little pieces being chipped off it.
"You know we can't be together. It won't work ou-!"
"Dammit, says who?" Crack... crack that was the sound of his heart coming undone.
You lightly cupped his hands in yours, like you were bracing him for more difficult news.
"Leona, I, know, that we can't be together, I don't belong in Twisted Wonderland in the first place, at some point I'll have to go home, and when i do, I don't want to leave you heart-broken,"
You already are breaking his heart ya-know.
"Besides, if I couldn't go home, I know I'll never be able to make you happy the way you deserve. I'm sorry, Leona..."
And you let his hands go, you walked off, leaving him behind, leaving him, your second priority, second place, to your true prize, going back home.
He should've expected it, if he was being honest, why would anything change for him? He was always left in the shadow of someone something greater, and this time was no different.
But, maybe it could be. If things wouldn't wolling change for him, he would change them himself, and where better to start, than with you?
It wasn't very difficult, not even a little. You were technically right, you didn't belong in Twisted Wonderland, and due to that, you didn't even legally exist, it was easy for him for him to get him people to do the dirty work for him.
Snatching you up had been far too easy, no risk, all reward.
He knew that when he took you, he would also take the ability for you to ever go home, but what did that matter?
Life isn't fair y'know, you can't get everything you want.
Besides, Twisted Wonderland, is your new home now. He is your new home now, it'd be in your best interest get comfortable.
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That was all I could think of for rn, i just wanted to post smt, I kinda lost the plot on Leona's part but whatever tbh, i rlly like what I did for Ace's part tho.












