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“We..went on an adventure..why? What's the matter?” Pomni stands up, glancing at everyone staring “what?”
Ragatha steps forward, she speaks carefully “What were uh….” Pause… “What was the adventure about?”
“None of your D#mn business ragdoll”
Jax huffs, standing up, but putting a slight distance between Pomni and himself. What? Is he just going to let the others know about their near kiss experience? Hell nah.
“I was just asking Jax jeez.” Ragatha rolls her eyes. “Plus, I wasn't asking you. I was asking Pomni” She looks away and toward Pomni. “Pomni, how was the adventure? What was it? What did you do?” She pushes Pomni with millions of questions.
“Ragatha I hate to say it but it really isn’t your business." Pomni says, basically repeating what jax had said, but in a slightly softer tone to make her sound nicer.
“Oh…. Right. My bad.” Ragatha takes a few steps back.
“Im going to bed.” Jax grumbles, he starts walking to his room, he glances back at Pomni, silently hoping she’d follow him. She in fact did not.
Later. I'll talk to her later.
Jax has this awful thought that Pomni hates him now. Why would she? He didnt do anything wrong right?..Right?
Knock Knock Knock
Maybe that's her… “Yea? Who is it?”
“Jax? It’s Pomni. Can..I come in?”
“I- Yes! Or…yea…whatever..come in.”
What the fuck was that? Did I just say yes with an exclamation point? What the hell.
The door opens slowly, Pomni steps in and walks over, fiddling with the pom poms on her suit.
“I thought that..maybe we should talk about earlier.” She sits on the bed, but with a distance.
“Earlier? What are ya talkin about pom?”
“Are you…avoiding the conversation?” Pomni glances at him, when he looks at her and realises she's looking at him, he quickly looks away.
"Look at you, getting all worked up over some glitchy hallucination," Jax sneers, though his eyes dart toward the door. "You're imagining things, Pom. It's the digital air—getting to that tiny little brain of yours."
"Stop lying to me!" Pomni's voice cracks, the sound echoing too loudly in the cramped room. "I was there, Jax! I felt you! Why do you do this? Why do you make me feel like I'm finally not alone and then pull the rug out?"
Jax flinches as if he's been struck, then, his smirk twisting into something ugly and jagged. "I didn't make you feel anything. If you're lonely, go find the doll. Leave me out of your pathetic drama."
"You're a coward," she whispers, the words hitting harder than a scream. She turns, her hand white-knuckled as she grips her own wrist, trembling. "You're so terrified of actually mattering to someone that you'd rather be a monster. Fine. Be alone."
She heads for the door, but Jax is faster, his movements erratic and desperate. He reaches out, his fingers locking around her wrist with a force that says more than he ever could.
"Don't you dare walk away," he growls, pulling her back to face him. His chest is heaving, the mask of the prankster completely shattered. "It was a joke, alright? A stupid, meaningless joke. It didn't mean a thing, so stop looking at me like I just killed someone!" He lets go as if she burned him, his voice rising in a frantic, defensive pitch. "It was nothing! Do you hear me? Nothing! Just drop it before you make a fool of yourself!"
Pomni scoffs “Was that supposed to be an apology or…What was that?”
Jax raises an eyebrow, his expression shifting into a defensive sneer. "What the hell do I even need to apologize for?"
Pomni’s expression hardens, her eyes narrowing as the reality of his dismissal hits her. "Are you actually serious right now?"
Jas throws his hands up in frustration “I don't understand you
Pomni! You're making this such a big deal and it's not that deep. I- you know what. You need to leave. Go. Out.
“Thats what I was trying to do earlier and you yelled at me.” Pomni turns to the door.
“Yeah? Well this time it's me telling you to go.” Jax rolls his eyes.
Pomni gets to the door to open it but CAINE bursts in and yells.
“THERE YOU TWO ARE! We have a team adventure and you two are on a team together. LETS GO!”
“Wh-What?!” Pomni steps back, confused.
“Caine, not in the mood-” Jax tries to huff out before everything goes black, Caine has been forcing adventures more and more lately..It's starting to get really irritating Well…we will see what he has planned for this one.