Whumptober 2023
Day 31
(@whumptober)
By - B.W
⚠TW⚠
~ Swearing
~ Mentions of SA
~ Mentions of Suicide
~ Mentions of Addiction
[Part 2 of Day 30]
Enjoy!
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The first thing Karyme hears is a constant beeping noise. It’s slow at first, but increases in speed the more she gain consciousness.
Opening her usable eye proves to be a hard task. It feels as if it’s glued shut..
When she does manage to open her uninjured eye, she’s hit with a blinding light. She coils away from it, groaning a bit. She turns her head away, but it’s forced back towards the light by a hand.
There’s voices, but it sounds like they’re miles away from her. She can’t concentrate enough to try and make them out, but she knows they aren’t familiar.
The annoying beeping sound speeds up again, and the light fades from view.
Karyme tries to open her eye again, but it's far too heavy. She can't move her body either, just her head.
All she feels are hands on her, and then a sudden coldness running through her veins.
She's not sure what it is, but it's enough to submerge her back into unconscious, much to her dismay.
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When Karyme wakes again, the beeping sound stays consistent. She manages to open her eye with ease this time around, and suddenly realizes she's in a different room.
She reaches her hand up to her face, finding an oxygen mask over her nose and mouth. With a hint of annoyance, she attempts to pull it off.
She doesn't register the fact that maybe it's there for a reason, but she does register a hand grasp her wrist, pulling her hand away from her face.
"Easy.. that needs to stay on." Says a familiar voice.
If Karyme wasn't in a hospital bed, she would've retaliated, but she hardly had enough strength to lift her arm, so she had no choice but to listen.
"How do you feel.?" Asks the voice.
Karyme opens her mouth to speak, only for a slight mumble to come out.
"..right.. can't talk right now.. nevermind then.." The voice responds.
Karyme frowns, turning her head slightly to look at Kaiden, her eyes asking for an explanation.
"..im guessing you want to know what happened.. after we fought.?" Kaiden asks.
Karyme gives a subtle nod.
"Well.. you had your uh.. the doctor called it an.. episode.?" He starts. "Well.. I found you and.. had to alert the nurses.."
"They had to stable you.. and then decided to transfer you to another part of the hospital, where there was someone who you could talk to once you woke up.." Kaiden explains.
"They also want to.. run some exams.. just so they know why the episode happened.." He stops, seemingly done explaining. He sighs, then starts up again. "You didn't tell me you had anxiety.."
Karyme widens her eyes a bit, then goes back to a blank stare.
"I just thought you were shy.. you never said otherwise."
Karyme frowns, although this time it's more sadness than annoyance.
"..you've had anxiety since you were 7.. and it didn't occur to you that maybe that's something I should know.?" He says, almost angry.
Karyme turns her head away in shame. She can't speak, so she can't even explain herself.
Kaiden sighs deeply. "Look.. I didn't mean to be harsh, I just- I don't understand. I know we're teenagers and all but.. I thought we had some trust here.."
"..can you at least look at me.?" He asks after a short silence.
Karyme slowly turns her head towards him, and Kaiden rests his head on her bed. He doesn't say anything, which only upsets Karyme further.
With a weak hand, Karyme pulls off her oxygen mask, taking her first breath of real air.
She lets out a shakey breath, and opens her mouth.
"..kaiden.." She manages to mumble with a hoarse voice.
Kaiden lifts his head suddenly, obviously caught off guard. He gets close to Karyme, clearly concerned.
"Karyme, you need that mask on, what are you-" He attempts to ask.
He's stopped as Karyme gets closer to his face, only inches away from it..
...
It takes a second for Kaiden to register her lips on his, and it's like he melts almost immediately.
The deprivation of physical love was normal to him before, since Karyme wasn't ever one to be physical.
He was used to her keeping to herself, hardly ever showing any affection..
Not a hug..
Not a kiss..
Hell, he was even lucky if he got to hold her hand.
But that was normal in their.. "Relationship"
Yet, when the accident happened, Kaiden missed that nonexistent affection from Karyme.. It confused him at first.. but now, in this moment, he finally understood why.
He didn't miss the affection.. he missed her.
He missed the girl that he fell in love with the second he saw her. Not the girl on the outside, but the girl on the inside.
Kaiden never saw the girl on the inside, but he knew she was there, waiting to be noticed.. to be appreciated.
It was the little things she did that didn't go unnoticed.
The way she always stood close to him, shoulders slightly touching..
Or the way items that Kaiden misplaced always appeared in the same area..
And the fact that the first aid cabinet was always stocked with headache pills after he had a rough time training his abilities..
Karyme had her own way of loving, a simple yet admirable way..
Why it took him so long to realize, he doesn't know.
But he saw it now, he saw it clear as day.
Kaiden's hand finds its way to hold Karyme's face, and instinctively pulls her closer.
The kiss was more than a gesture of love. It felt as if they had finally and truly connected. Their souls almost seemed to link together, finally bringing them as close as they should've been.
When they do pull away from the kiss, they stay linked. The bond had tightened into a knot impossible to untie, the only way to break it being the knife that is death.
The silence after the kiss is comfortable, peaceful even, and Kaiden can't help but smile a bit.
"..there you are.." He whispers to Karyme. "There's the Karyme I fell in love with.."
Karyme's eyes seem to twinkle at his words, and Kaiden could've sworn he saw the faintest smile, but that's something he keeps to himself.
"..i love you.." Karyme whispers back before Kaiden adjusts the mask back onto her face. He presses another kiss to her forehead softly as their hands link tightly.
"Get some rest, okay.?" Kaiden tells her. "I'll be here now, and when you wake up."
Karyme slowly nods as she feels her body drift off peacefully.
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..Many tend to think the Sain-Santos were stern, sadistic, and bitter people. That was how they presented. There would be whispers, that they were incapable on empathy.. mercy.. kindness..
..Partially, that may be true. The Sain-Santos are the darkness, as that is their purpose, and a purpose in inescapable..
..However, that doesn't mean that the purpose must be used in a bad manner..
..The darkness isn't a void of evil, on the contrary, it's a paradise for those who seek it..
..Moths love the darkness, as they are killed by the light..
..Moonflowers love the darkness, as that is when they blossom..
..People love the darkness, as the light tends to betray them..
..Darkness had a label put on its head long ago.. but labels constantly change, like tides in the ocean..
..To Karyme Estelle Sain-Santos, the darkness is a comfort..
..She connects with the darkness, she resembles the darkness..
..The darkness surrounded her, only to keep her safe..
..For that, she'll always thank it for..
..And she'll forever cherish the darkness, for in the depths of her own misleading light.. The darkness brought a true and pure beacon of light to her..
..The light took the form of a boy, with far too many freckles on his face, and far too much love to give..
..His light never outshone her darkness..
..They balanced each other out perfectly..
..Just as they did as 𐌐Ꝋ𐌔𐌄 and 𐌀𐌕𐌋𐌀𐌔
..𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌋𐌵𐌍𐌀 and 𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌔𐌉𐌃𐌙..
..𐌔𐌀𐌋 and 𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌉𐌋𐌄..
..𐌍𐌄𐌖𐌉𐌔 and 𐌃𐌀𐌊Ꝋ𐌕𐌀..
..𐋅𐌀𐌐𐌌Ꝋ𐌍𐌙 and 𐌋𐌵𐌂𐌉𐌵𐌔..
..𐌃𐌄𐌔𐌃𐌄𐌌Ꝋ𐌍𐌀 and 𐌐ꝊᏔ𐌃𐌄𐌍..
..No matter when, they'll remain with that knot between their souls, one that will never be severed..
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..𐋅Ꝋ𐌓𐌄𐌅𐌵𐌋𐌋𐌙 𐌕𐋅𐌉𐌔 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌄 𐋅𐌄 𐌔𐌓𐌀𐌐𐌄𐌔 𐌕𐋅𐌄𐌌..
..𐌉 𐌃Ꝋ𐌵𐌁𐌕 𐌉𐌕, 𐋅𐌄 𐋅𐌀𐌔 𐌅𐌀𐌐 𐌕ꝊꝊ 𐌌𐌵𐌂𐋅 𐌅𐌵𐌍 Ꮤ𐌉𐌕𐋅 𐌕𐋅𐌄𐌌..
..Ꮤ𐋅𐌀𐌕 𐌀 𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌙..
..𐌌𐌀𐌙𐌁𐌄 𐌉𐌍 𐌀𐌍Ꝋ𐌕𐋅𐌄𐌐 𐌋𐌉𐌅𐌄..
..𐌉𐌅 Ꝋ𐌍𐌋𐌙 𐌐Ꝋ𐌔𐌄 𐌍𐌄𐌖𐌄𐌐 𐌌𐌀𐌃𐌄 𐌕𐋅𐌀𐌕 𐌃𐌄𐌀𐌋..
..𐌕𐋅𐌄 𐌃𐌉𐌃 Ꮤ𐋅𐌀𐌕 𐌔𐋅𐌄 𐌕𐋅Ꝋ𐌵Ᏽ𐋅𐌕 Ꮤ𐌀𐌔 𐌁𐌄𐌔𐌕..
..𐌁𐌵𐌕 𐌀𐌕 Ꮤ𐋅𐌀𐌕 𐌂Ꝋ𐌔𐌕?..
..𐋅𐌄𐌐 𐌔Ꝋ𐌵𐌋 ᏔꝊ𐌵𐌋𐌃 𐌍𐌄𐌖𐌄𐌐 𐌐𐌄𐌔𐌕..
..𐌙𐌄𐌕 𐋅𐌄 𐌕𐌐𐌉𐌂𐌊𐌄𐌃 𐋅𐌄𐌐, 𐌃𐌉𐌃𐌍'𐌕 𐋅𐌄?..
..𐌕𐋅𐌀𐌕 𐋅𐌄 𐌃𐌉𐌃..
..𐌉𐌕 𐌐𐌄𐌀𐌋𐌋𐌙 𐌉𐌔 𐌀 𐌔𐋅𐌀𐌌𐌄..
..𐌔𐋅𐌄 𐌋Ꝋ𐌔𐌕 𐋅𐌄𐌐 𐌅𐌐𐌄𐌄𐌃Ꝋ𐌌 𐌅Ꝋ𐌐 𐋅𐌉𐌌.. 𐌀𐌍𐌃 𐋅𐌄 𐌔𐌕𐌉𐌋𐌋 𐌋Ꝋ𐌔𐌕 𐋅𐌉𐌔 𐌀𐌔 Ꮤ𐌄𐌋𐌋..
...𐌂𐌀𐌍'𐌕 Ꮤ𐌄 𐋅𐌄𐌋𐌓 𐌕𐋅𐌄𐌌?..
..Ꝋ𐋅 𐌍Ꝋ, 𐌕𐋅𐌀𐌕 𐌉𐌔𐌍'𐌕 Ꝋ𐌵𐌕 𐌃𐌵𐌕𐌙, Ꮤ𐌄 𐌌𐌵𐌔𐌕 Ꮭ𐌵𐌔𐌕 𐌌𐌀𐌊𐌄 𐌔𐌵𐌐𐌄 𐌕𐋅𐌄𐌙 𐌌𐌄𐌄𐌕 𐌉𐌍 𐌄𐌖𐌄𐌐𐌙 𐌋𐌉𐌅𐌄𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌄..
..Ꝋ𐌅 𐌂Ꝋ𐌵𐌐𐌔𐌄..
..𐌋𐌄𐌕'𐌔 ᏵꝊ 𐌍ꝊᏔ, 𐌔𐌀𐌌.. Ꮤ𐌄 𐋅𐌀𐌖𐌄 𐌕𐋅𐌉𐌍Ᏽ𐌔 𐌕Ꝋ 𐌃Ꝋ..
..𐌀𐌔 𐌙Ꝋ𐌵 Ꮤ𐌉𐌔𐋅, 𐌊𐌀𐌙𐌄..
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