[ A Farcry Fanfic ] Remember The Sins

[11] Pain is Temporary

Hope walked over to him, putting her arm on his shoulder pulling him to turn around,
John's eyes locked with hers "I do accept that, it's just hard seeing you like this" she pulled John into a kiss, holding him close
They had to force themselves away from each other, going back to cleaning the room, hope walked over to the tattoo gun, something about it drew her in. She picked it up and it seemed to fit her hand, it felt right as she held it. She clicked it for a moment, before John walked over

"I could show you how to use it, looks like you already know how to hold it"

Some memories came back to Hope, she vaguely remembers tattooing herself
She remembers being an apprentice and gaining her license
'Go too deep and the tattoo will bleed, to light and it won't stay" her teacher constantly reminded her

"I think I was a tattoo artist." Hope spoke, louder than she meant, she was excited to be remembering anything
"I-I know I was a tattoo artist"

"You're remembering?" John smiled

"Not much, but I remembered that" She switched the needle on the gun, connecting the ink, she clicked it on. "can I?" She asked, gesturing to her arm, she was going to tattoo something,
"Go ahead, what are you going to write?"

"I'm not sure" she paused for a moment "I'll write YES"

"Are you sure? I'm not opposing, I just want you to be sure"

"Think of it as my way of showing you that I'm yours."

She pressed the needle into her skin, carving out the Yes along her arm. She wiped it off and showed John, he pulled her arm up and kissed it,

"It's perfect"

John's radio went off, they needed some guidance above ground, he looked to Hope and took a deep breath

"There he is, There's the Baptist" she wasn't disgusted or fearful like most were, she seemed to be interested in this part of him
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Carmen pulled into the bunker, she stepped out and walked over to the guards,
"John said there was a Marked I needed to take?"
The guards unlocked a storage shed and pulled out a man, at first sight Carmen was attracted to him, she shook the thoughts away and took his shoulder, she pushed him into the seat and drove back

The bliss had just about worn off of Max, he was able to think clearly for moment, he wasn't craving the bottle like he normally would be, maybe they were onto something with that bliss.

Carmen tried to act like she wasn't a distracted driver, but he seemed to be magnetic. She finally decided to speak,
"I saw you at yesterdays baptism no?
Pulling Max from his thoughts

"I think so. How'd you get mixed up in all this?"

"Been with then since the beginning, found them as I was wondering from town to town, after my best friend and I had our falling out I came here"

"Just interesting to see how someone as smart and pretty as you would get caught up in a cult" Max replied he felt as if Carmen was a drug, he couldn't stop staring
His comment made Carmen blush for a moment.
"I wouldn't say we're a cult, sure things have changed..." She stopped speaking looking over to Max, she could feel her face heat up just by looking at him,

Max and Carmen leaned twords each other meeting each others lips. Max pulled himself away, she was the enemy after all.
"I know this is bad timing, but I need you to take me to falls end... I don't know why but I trust you" Max stared into her eyes,

"Max, I can't do that! We don't control the town anymore, that Deputy made sure of it!"

"I need to go there, please"

"I never failed a mission, I don't plan on it"

"I wouldn't ask if it wasn't important to me, I can't survive Jacob's culling, and you know that, I know that" he was lying, He knew he could make it out, but he wanted to check on his father, and try to explain the whole situation to him

"Fine, you're going to need to hit me."

"W-what? No."

"It has to look like you put up some sort of fight"
she pulled out knife and grabbed the blade with her hand, causing it to bleed

"What the fuck are you doing? You have any idea how many nerve endings there are in your palm" he instantly went into guard mode, taking care her

"I had to make it seem like I had to defend myself, this seemed like the easiest way to do so"
Max ripped some fabric off of his pants
Wrapping it around her hand
"You're fucking crazy" he laughed to himself
"Good because if I wasn't this probably wouldn't work"

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Alright guys another chapter down, romance is brewing in the air UwU