User blog:TalonsOfRain/Lionel's Observances

From the POV of Lionel Eskel.

After going to Exillium for someone, being by their side the whole time AND finally getting back together and in one piece, you'd think that my relationship with Kyndal would be really strong, right?

Think again.

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We were walking through the halls of Foxfire, hand in hand. It was our third week of being back at school, and it felt nice to be in my green Level 4 uniform again. Kyndal stopped at her locker and looked at me suddenly.

"Don't you think it's different here?" She said, frowning, and then turning around to lick her locker open. She screwed up her nose, her sour face prominent. After being together with someone for two years, you learn things about them like that.

"How so?" I asked, confused by her question but amused by the sour face.

"Everyone treats us differently now. It's like we've changed or something." She scoffed. "I know my personality is the same."

"Um, is that a good thing?" I said nervously. Kyndal had a reputation as the troublemaker, the rogue, the girl who got herself and her boyfriend shipped off to Exillium. If her personality hadn't changed during that time, I had good reason to worry.

"Duh," she said, grabbing a can of mint scented air and breathing it in. "You wouldn't like me if I did change. You said so yourself once."

Dang her memory.

"I said that?" I said, putting on my most innocent face.

“Uh yes you did,” She raised an eyebrow at me. “You know, I’ve been thinking,” She said, putting the can of mint flavoured air back in her locker. “Things feel… off lately, and I just figured out why.”

I raised my eyebrows. She hadn’t talked about this to me before. I had just figured things were back to normal, I didn’t know she felt differently.

She bit her lip, looking away for a moment before training her two different colored eyes on me, they were shimmering with unspilled emotions. “It’s you.” She said, surprising me and sending a flock of thoughts scattering in all directions like pigeons.

“What’s me!?” I said, incredulous. What had I done wrong? Did I upset her in some way? If I had she didn’t show it. Had I forgotten some anniversary or other special date? No, I had them all written down. What had I done wrong?!

“You’ve changed, Lionel.” She said, frowning at me and shaking her head. “You’re no longer the fun-loving, excited guy I used to like.”

I was gaping like a fish out of water. “So you’re saying…”

“I’m sorry,” She said, looking down again. “I- I’m saying… yes. We’re over.”

She closed her locker, walking away and blinking rapidly, leaving me standing in shock, and leaving me to deal with the people that stared and sniggered.

Thanks, Kyndal. Thanks a lot.