Unnatural

'You're unnatural' she'd joke, her eyes crinkling with joy and her mouth cracked with laughter. And silence would turn to sounds of delight as I'd laugh along, at the odd response to the crackle pop of my clicking joints as I popped them, an odd response that had long become an inside joke between us, almost as old as our friendship, almost as old as ourselves.

After having the other at our side for so long we knew we could trust each other with anything. 'Even murder' we'd joke, our sides split with pain from laughing for so long, just the presence of the other enough to warm a sullen day.

So when I saw such foreign look on her face, I, for the first time, felt fear. That for once, maybe, I couldn't trust her with this one thing. This one thing I couldn't control. Because her eyes were crinkling, but this time with fear and confusion, her mouth cracked in shock.

The deafening silence filled my ears, cut with the pop and crackle as my bones shifted and broke and reformed. My sides split with pain, this time from the stab of my ribs pushing and pulling, needling my body as anxiety stabbed at my heart.

There was no warmth in her voice, no hint of love, no sun on a sullen day. Stepping back, stepping away, leaving me, leaving us. 'You're unnatural' she choked out, before turning her back with nothing but a flash of tears as I slumped to the ground in pain, my body twitching faintly and my heart screaming in a new pain, one so much worse than I had ever felt.

Author's Note 

I wrote this a couple months ago, but a friend persuaded me to finally post this, soooooo, hope you enjoy! Votes and comments are really appreciated :D

Thanks for reading,

Eleanor