ANGST ANGST ANGST

((continues from Alicia's post here https://aalc.rpg-board.net/t147p15-books-books-everywhere))

Alicia threw her pillows and covers from her bed to a empity corner of the room away from Lunie's bed/corner the flowers scattered all over. She took off her glasses and put them on the bedside table. Then procceded to hide in the corner of pillows and covers sitting curled up in the fetal postition. Her head had hurt from thinking and her eyes burned wanting to let our tears. But she held them back, telling herself she shouldn't cry now, she's in a better place, she can make friends, she...won't be alone. "but you are alone, you left Lunie behind, shush not that kind of alone." she whispered to herself her head no longer holding the thoughs.

Alicia flopped to her side then looked back over to the bedside table. Lunie wore her hairclips earlier she forgot about them and whether he still had them or put them somewhere in the room. Not bothering looking for them she turned to face the wall laying on the floor in the corner, trying to clear her head.

if there are real medusa's why did professor have to make me... if i wasn't born mum wouldn't have died and professor would be happy... if... if...
Alicia gave a swift punch to the wall then whinced and cradled the pained hand in her other
"stop thinking... stop thinking... it's okay... it's okay" she reasured herself

she paused, sat up and looked over to happy flower
"i must be scaring you huh?" she whispered not sure if the flower would respond she didn't mind whether it did or didn't. "hm...," not wanting to go near it incase she did "i'm sorry."

Alicia looked at the ground and wrapped herself in the covers more. It wasn't cold she just felt like being securely hidden into the corner, not that wrapping herself in covers would do this. She sighed

When Alicia asked her question, Happy Flower failed to respond. However, it was no longer wriggling as usual, but had remained completely still. Its stems were crooked at awkward angles, almost as if it was wilting.

As Lunie approached his dorm room, he could hear scuffling and a thud, but he couldn't pinpoint what they were. He was still trying to get over so strangely his new friend had behaved. Maybe she really was sick.

Placing a wobbly hand on the handle, he tentatively turned it to open it, peering inside with one eye. He first saw Alicia's bed, stripped of all its contents, his flowery decorations scattered on the floor. Peering at the corner, he saw the covers and pillows bundled into the corner, a small shape lying in them.

He gently pushed open the door, trying to make as little noise as possible. He didn't want to disturb her, especially if she was feeling sick. What if she got mad at him? Like the way she did before...

As he stepped forward, he winced as he felt something digging into his foot. Lifting it, he looked underneath to see he'd stepped on the stone flower from earlier. Biting his lip, he moved onwards.

"....Aaa... Are you... okay?" he asked quietly, standing still a metre or two away from her. "...Aaa...lleeshar?" Looking away guiltily, he crouched low, wincing as he pulled the hairclips away from his ears. Hesitantlly, he set them down before her. "Here's your hairclips... Very sorry for taking them!" He held his breath, bracing himself for her reaction.

Alicia looked up from her bed fort when she saw Lunie's worried expression the tears she held back began to spill as if his sadness added to the sad and now the sad was overflowing. "i... i'm okay, it's okay Lunie, i didn't mind you taking them," she sniffed loudly then picked up the hair clips and stared at them in the palm of her hand "i'm sorry for running away and leaving you like that." she gave a half hearted smile to Lunie then she swipped the tears from her face with the back of her hand pocketed the hair clips which were in the other hand. The covers that drapped over her horns slipped and fell down her back. She ignored it and got up, then glanced over to happy flower and gasped. "oh no! Happy flower is..." Alicia glanced back to Lunie not sure what to say or do "is she wilting?"

At the sight of Alicia's tears, Lunie could barely restrain his own. He let out a quiet gasp, his worried green eyes watering. "Alleeshar? Why are you sad?" he whimpered, holding his arms out to assist his friend in getting up, before attempting to wrap both his arms around her in a hug, hoping she wouldn't resist. "If you want we can go back later and find that Medusa book Hryshen-ee talked about," he offered, hoping it would cheer her up.

At the mention of Happy Flower, he looked towards it, worried. "No," he replied, watching it twitch slightly. "But it feel... emotion, and it very sad."

"i don't want to go back" Alicia sobed as she hugged Lunie with back tears running down her face "don't make me go back there."

Lunie was surprised at her displeased reaction. He was certain that the offer would exite her, after all, she'd seemed eager enough to search for the mythology books. He blinked. What was going on? Pressing his face against her, he didn't want to let go. His slid an upwards glance at her face, his lip quivering when he saw it. "I sorry! I'm.. sorry, please? Th-thank you?" he spluttered, unsure what to say. Raising an arm, he tried to reach for her face to brush a few tears away with her fingers. "N-not cry, please!" he whimpered, unable to stop his own waterworks.

"unn i'll stop crying..."Alicia rubbed her eyes in an attempt to get rid of tears as well "i'll stop..."
"ehehehe" Alicia giggled at Lunie's spluttering, his presence comforted her and eventually her tears stopped. "thanks Lunie... i don't know what came over me... how about we go get something to eat? when sad i hear that eating sweets make it better" she let go of Lunie from the hug.
Alicia lifted up her covers and pillows and threw them back onto her bed. she put her glasses back on and picked up some of the scattered flowers and piled them onto the bedside table where her glasses were.

Lunie smiled with relief as she stopped crying, although he was still rather cluless as to why she had started in the first place. He was reluctant to let go at first, but eventually let her slip away, keeping her no more than an arm's length away from her. "Sweets make sadness go away?" he asked, titlting his head. He'd never had these 'sweets' before, although he was familiar it was a human treat. "I may try one..." he bashfully sighed, before pulling a curious face up at Alicia. "...Why was you sad?" he tentatively asked, unable to shake that question from his mind.

At the side of the room, Happy Flower had apparently stopped trying to wilt, and was very slowly gaining a more upright posture.

Alicia nodded to Lunie's question about the sweets then was already walking out the door whether Lunie was following or not. "i can't tell you the now... i'm not sure either"

Lunie didn't know why Alicia wasn't telling him the reason, but he instead thought it would be something to do with strange human behaviour. "Are all humens strange as you?" he grinned dopily, clinging onto her arm again, following her the way.

(( https://aalc.rpg-board.net/t170-i-warned-you-about-the-stairs-bro#2850 ))