life sucks, let's dance

Aurelia

and that the world is always our fault
when we did nothing, how did we do wrong?

Aurelia could not help but laugh, causing a bit more blood to dribble out of her nose. Clearing her throat, she shook her head and waved Ray off. "That's okay, that's okay," she said, sounding a bit nasally as she tried not to breathe through her nose anymore, "just wasn't expecting it."

At Ray's offer of some bandaging, Aurelia paused in consideration. Her eyes glanced up to meet Ray's, which were so sincere and panicked that she almost felt bad for getting hurt. In a sense, she blamed herself. Gotta be sharper next time. Finding a seat, Aurelia lifted the ice from her face and held up her nose for Ray to examine. It looked.. well, it looked like it had just been elbowed pretty hard. Red, enflamed.

"If you don't mind. I'd appreciate a little help," she answered, and at Ray's next question she gently prodded the area. It stung, the pain watering her eyes. Definitely bruised, but likely nothing serious. "I'll be fine. You sure know how to strike where it hurts, though," she commented.

"It's been a while since someone gave me a nosebleed." She offered a crooked smile at that.

and I've been thinking that when we thought
the world would break us, that we weren't wrong