"I never wanted that," Selena whispered desperately, her voice raw and splintering under the weight of everything she had just heard. "I never wanted you to feel like that. I thought… I thought it would fix everything. I thought you'd hate me for a while, but we would survive it and then I would explain everything to you. I just… I just… I never imagined…" Her words dissolved into broken breaths, her throat too tight to carry the rest.
"Just shut up, will you?!"
Razeal's voice cracked through the air like something snapping in half. He threw his arms outward in exasperation, the gesture wide and sharp, and began pacing sideways, deliberately creating distance between himself and both women. He needed space. Like he couldn't even stand close to these two disgusting people.. It.. It just feels suffocating to him.
He stopped several steps away and turned to face them fully.
