[After Natalia is certain Asch has left, she leaves her vigil from the window, then quietly, almost woodenly, sits on the steps outside the porch. ]
This..this is good news. [Drip.] I hadn't expected him to..to accept those terms. [Natalia stares startled something wet makes a circular stain on her white and blue outfit, followed by another.
Drip.
She starts laughing shakily.]
My, that's..I wonder--[her hand goes to the side of her face, and there are tears steadily rolling down her cheeks. her mouth is still in a slightly disbelieving smile, her eyes wide as she keeps her hand there, as if frozen.
This proves it's the end, isn't it? The truth she wanted to ignore. She doesn't know him.
But she..she can start again. It's like the culmination of her journey suddenly weighs on her shoulders, Luke, Asch--all the memories. All the people she's lost--the new chance, the beginning of something with hope stretched in front of her.
If she takes it will it be in vain? Will she just lose more than she did before?
Soft, quiet sobs fill the outside of House 1. A disbelieving laugh escapes Natalia's lips as she tries to wipe her tears, only to realize she's the one crying. Yes she's..--the tears won't stop.
Sorrow. Grief. Happiness. Fear. All these emotions are so tightly bound in her heart that she can't seperate them anymore.
She buries her face in her hands as her shoulders begin to shake. The tears..won't stop. The memories--won't go away.
Natalia curls her knees to her chest. She hides her face. She tries to get in a breath.
[February 12th Early evening] [After thread above]
This..this is good news. [Drip.]
I hadn't expected him to..to accept those terms. [Natalia stares startled something wet makes a circular stain on her white and blue outfit, followed by another.
Drip.
She starts laughing shakily.]
My, that's..I wonder--[her hand goes to the side of her face, and there are tears steadily rolling down her cheeks. her mouth is still in a slightly disbelieving smile, her eyes wide as she keeps her hand there, as if frozen.
This proves it's the end, isn't it? The truth she wanted to ignore. She doesn't know him.
But she..she can start again. It's like the culmination of her journey suddenly weighs on her shoulders, Luke, Asch--all the memories. All the people she's lost--the new chance, the beginning of something with hope stretched in front of her.
If she takes it will it be in vain? Will she just lose more than she did before?
Soft, quiet sobs fill the outside of House 1. A disbelieving laugh escapes Natalia's lips as she tries to wipe her tears, only to realize she's the one crying. Yes she's..--the tears won't stop.
Sorrow. Grief. Happiness. Fear. All these emotions are so tightly bound in her heart that she can't seperate them anymore.
She buries her face in her hands as her shoulders begin to shake. The tears..won't stop. The memories--won't go away.
Natalia curls her knees to her chest. She hides her face. She tries to get in a breath.
She cries.]