you're about to hate me for this ♘
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♘ = stabbing them .
it didn't hurt. not as much as other things. not as much as the longing, the remembering, the regret. everything that she had done ----- this was her repentance.
her dress bloomed red. amaryllis, dahlias, roses blossoming from her flesh, creeping further and further up the white fabric. soon --- this crimson would enclose her throat, her heart. yet, all she could see was the beauty in it. his hand was at her back, the other twisting the blade deeper + deeper into her stomach. ❝ emile --- ❞ blood sputters from her lips, eyes squeezing shut, before slowly reopening.
she can see him. really see him. everything she's been dreaming about, everything that's been haunting her. a smile brightens up her face, and if it weren't for the light draining in her eyes, she probably would've thought she was okay ----- she was more than okay ! hoarse laughs escaped between her bloodied teeth, joy visible on her face. ❝ emile ! ❞ two hands grab at his cheeks, tainting his skin with her viscera.
this wasn't a murder, but a reunion, after so many years apart --- the only thing mercedes could feel was happiness. she wouldn't have picked a better moment to be frozen in time. her pupils moved quickly, etching every feature into her short-lived memory.
❝ is this -- ❞ she coughs. ❝ how you greet your big sister ? ❞ pale hands, stricken with tremors wiped away salted sorrows pooling in his eyes --- beautiful eyes. ❝ don't look so sad, i have ... so much to thank you for, emile. ❞ emile. emile. emile. emile. ❝ and, i want to see you smile --- before i go. ❞
she can feel herself being drained, skin rapidly losing its color, she's lost feeling in her legs, in her fingers. she's cold. she's freezing. she can't feel him. she --- mercedes musters all of her strength, her digits dig into his face, knuckles white. ❝ i love you. i love you, emile. i love you, i love you, i love you. --- and my biggest ---- my biggest regret, is not taking you with me. ❞ her voice is shaking, it's crumbling, it's breaking. but, she needs more time. ❝ you can blame it on me, emile. but know ---- that i forgive you. ❞
the flowers wilted, and all that remained was the smile on her face.










