02-14-2026, 10:08 PM
Tatyana sat and listened as Ashton quit singing and explained. Without his song, the calm was going away, replaced by something Tatyana wasn’t really sure. Kenzie had gone into Nox’s safe. It had been for her. She had asked Sky for help, and then Kenzie had gotten into it and had stolen things from it. Not just the drugs, but something else too. Tatyana didn’t know what.
It made her feel weird - like she had done something wrong. If it hadn’t been for her, Kenzie wouldn’t have done it. The other two adults were here. Liv was closer. Her hand moved briefly as if to take Liv’s. A hand reaching out for the comfort of human touch. It was something she hadn’t felt in a long time. But she brought her hand back before it got too far. She couldn’t ask more from them. They didn’t owe her shit. They hated her and had helped her. She still didn’t know why. But as she felt the pain and guilt she didn’t speak. She hoped Ashton wouldn’t start singing again because for the first time in a long time she felt like she wanted to feel something - needed to feel something.
It made her feel weird - like she had done something wrong. If it hadn’t been for her, Kenzie wouldn’t have done it. The other two adults were here. Liv was closer. Her hand moved briefly as if to take Liv’s. A hand reaching out for the comfort of human touch. It was something she hadn’t felt in a long time. But she brought her hand back before it got too far. She couldn’t ask more from them. They didn’t owe her shit. They hated her and had helped her. She still didn’t know why. But as she felt the pain and guilt she didn’t speak. She hoped Ashton wouldn’t start singing again because for the first time in a long time she felt like she wanted to feel something - needed to feel something.