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Esme heavily leaned against her friend. Though the voice stopped its mad song, it did nothing to make her feel anything. The warmth of her friend, her touch, though... it was nice. She rested her forehead against the girl's shoulder, unable to move much more than that.

"You should know that I'd never do anything to hurt you or Gabe. Gabe's my friend from school, and I love you both very very much. I'd protect you both to the death if I had to.. so... yeah.."

She blinked heavily, so drained that she really didn't know what to think, how to respond. A hand lifted up to her chest and stayed there. Was her heart even beating anymore? Everything was just a big blur now that she couldn't tell. "Muh."

At least the voice was gone--

Kill kill kill~

Oh goddammit.

"Yeah, I wish I did understand. Except I do, sorta," she finally answered, lowering her gaze. The girl bit her lower lip. "I guess it's not as cool as the bond between soulmates. But it's just as important." Another heavy blink. A frown. "Ugh, nevermind.. I have so much I want to say but it'll ruin this lovely moment forever."

'Ugh, feelings' was right! Esme hated feeling like this. She made herself happy so she didn't HAVE to feel like this.

"Uh, right. So.. something... bad happened. To my mom and my little brother. And..."

Ugh, feelings.

"My dad stabbed my mom to death and put my little brother in the hospital and I will do anything to protect him okay?" She shook her head violently. "So I'll protect him and everyone else I care about the end."

Breathe in, breathe out. Esme never enjoyed telling or reliving that story, so she always kept it as short as humanly possible. And even if it was incredibly short, it always hit her like an asthmatic in a room full of smoke. Short of breath and incredibly painful and ready to just die.

It. ********. sucked.

"Uhm.. ahaha... yeah." Finally Esme had the strength to hug her friend again. When Vyth took her hand, Esme squeezed it and smiled meekly. "Hot choco.. sounds pretty good right about now. Y'know what else sounds good? Kissing. Kissing sounds real good... right about now."

Throw caution to the wind. Without warning Miss Blanchard just leaned over and kissed her best friend right on the lips~

Kissing would never get old for the senshi of romance. ♥

"Ahahaha."

She didn't know why she did it, but she did. It was innocent and sweet enough and she just didn't care. After such a long night of torture, she thought that she deserved at least something to get her mind off things.

Seemed like kisses were the answer to everything.