[It felt like her chest was caving in itself. It was almost hard to breathe. When his hand met her skin, it was contact that she desperately craved, but also thought she didn't deserve.
She took in a sharp intake of breath. Even though he said so little, the tone of his voice told him everything that he feared. He didn't think that she was capable of killing. Before she could speak, the hand he touched sprang open and just as quickly latched on to his hand. Her arm trembelling as she held on. The same desperate, primal grip from before.]
I know...I was supposed to wait. I was just a narc, I wasn't an Ace. I wasn't even authorised for lethal weaponry yet... But... He...
[she swallowed.]
I wasn't in any danger, he didn't threaten me.
[she took a deep breath, her voice already thick and shaking.]
Mamoru. He knew about you. He knew that he could use you to hurt me. He didn't just say that he'd kill you...he went on and on, telling me exactly what he would do to make your life a living hell before you died.
[tears began to fall again. It was a wonder she had any left.]
All I had to do was come back to him and join his family but I...my mind went blank. I just remember thinking. "I can't let that happen to Mamoru." And seemingly the next moment...
[Clearly her training had kicked in. She had shot him once in the leg, and then in the back of the head moments after. She could have just shot him in the forehead, but it would have taken longer for her gun to get into position. Usually the tactic she used was for high-stakes interrogation. But not in her case. She closed her eyes, not wanting to face him or even begin to predict his response. Her heart ached so much that she doubted there was anything that could make it worse.]
no subject
She took in a sharp intake of breath. Even though he said so little, the tone of his voice told him everything that he feared.
He didn't think that she was capable of killing.
Before she could speak, the hand he touched sprang open and just as quickly latched on to his hand. Her arm trembelling as she held on. The same desperate, primal grip from before.]
I know...I was supposed to wait. I was just a narc, I wasn't an Ace. I wasn't even authorised for lethal weaponry yet...
But...
He...
[she swallowed.]
I wasn't in any danger, he didn't threaten me.
[she took a deep breath, her voice already thick and shaking.]
Mamoru. He knew about you. He knew that he could use you to hurt me. He didn't just say that he'd kill you...he went on and on, telling me exactly what he would do to make your life a living hell before you died.
[tears began to fall again. It was a wonder she had any left.]
All I had to do was come back to him and join his family but I...my mind went blank. I just remember thinking. "I can't let that happen to Mamoru." And seemingly the next moment...
[Clearly her training had kicked in. She had shot him once in the leg, and then in the back of the head moments after. She could have just shot him in the forehead, but it would have taken longer for her gun to get into position. Usually the tactic she used was for high-stakes interrogation. But not in her case.
She closed her eyes, not wanting to face him or even begin to predict his response. Her heart ached so much that she doubted there was anything that could make it worse.]