[link to previous chain and I guess I’ll tag you two on this new one @pocket-full-of-poppies @boxingglovepips]
Poppy, no. You are bleeding. I dont give a shit what you think this is! Youre losing a lot of it and I know its hurting you.
[he looks at Poppy and only finds that smile.]
A-and none of this is your fault! Its- none of this is your fault…
[how could he still smile? It’s not that Battat wants to see him frown but he knows what happened even if he hardly remembers it.]
Youre just- youre just existing. And I… thats not your fault.
[his voice hitches and he knows that if he keeps talking he’ll cry again.]
You dont have to be useful to anyone… If being useless got you tossed so easily why do you think Im still here? I- I roll nothing but ones! I cant even do the thing I was made for right!! No matter how much I try to hide it everyone knows it…
[once he blinks the tears break and roll down his face. He can feel the cold radiating off of Poppy chill his face.]
I- I even try to hide myself, I try to be alone but people still look for me. They w-wont leave me alone and I dont u-understand it. You keep giving me all this a-attention and it d-doesnt make any damn sense!!
[at this point he’s shaking again. It could be due to the blood loss or the cold.]
I- I dont give a shit about that nickname! They werent- you k-know they wouldnt actually put you back like that. T-they just say t-things like that… I wouldnt have let them do that anyway.
[what would he have actually been able to do?]
There’s nothing you could do to deserve that. People insist on hanging around a piece of shit like me!! If somehow I dont deserve it then neither do you.
[he laughs like his self deprecation was even a little bit funny. It hurt to laugh.]
And you shouldnt waste your time with the flower. I will n-never be- I dont need h-help to be fine.
[at this point Poppy had switched the conversation to the food. Battat’s eyes briefly caught the bracelet but he wasn’t thinking much of it]
…right. That- thats what we- we were here for a-anyway.
[he stares at the candy bars in his hand. His hands are still bloody from his transformation.]
A-and then I… I ruined it.
[he doesn’t open any of the hematogen. His blood smears across the packaging. The salt burns his wounds but he does nothing.]
You dont deserve this. Neither of you do.
[he tears had only stopped for a moment before they picked up again]
Im so- so fucking sorry!!












