they say looks can kill and i might try

Draw the cat eye, sharp enough to kill a man
You did some bad things, but I'm the worst of them

Noe slammed the door to the house as she entered, fuming. Their family vacation had been cut abruptly short after Koa learned that Halo’s hot springs had been destroyed - hot springs that, apparently, were meant to cure her, whatever that meant. She didn’t need fixing. She was happy and content and safe, which was supposedly all that Koa cared about, so why wasn’t he happy to leave her be? Why did he leave for months on end and then come home wanting to changeher? All when he hadn’t even been around enough to know her anymore?

The girl threw her bag into her room and stormed into the kitchen, hands clenched into fists at her side. Gods, but how naive had she been to think that maybe, just maybe, her father and brother had managed to patch things up, that they all wanted to just go spend some time together, that even after all this time they could come together and be a family again? What a stupid little fool she’d been for even thinking such a thing possible.

Worse than her anger was the kernel of hurt that festered inside her chest, a pain that she didn’t even deign to acknowledge. It just wasn’t worth it. Her family wasn’t worth it, apparently, and that stung all the more.

Noe plopped down into a kitchen chair and focused on trying not to cry.

Sometimes I wonder which one will be your last lie
They say looks can kill and I might try

Noe