Two weeks since she reverted back to what she was when he died.
Two weeks since the only person she had ever loved left her.
Two weeks.
In that time she became numb, unresponsive to everyone except her son.
Gelatin came over to visit her, trying his best to get a genuine smile and laugh out of her, talking about stories from when they were kids and telling her random, embarrassing stories about himself and their friends but nothing worked like it usually did.
Of course, she responded to him, giving him smiles and laughs and questions in reply but Gelatin knew they were fake, he knew what a real smile looked like, he knew what Leafy's smile was like and that wasn't it.
When Gelatin wasn't there, other people were.
Pin came over and did a spa session with Leafy, it felt good but only physically.
Golfball came over and tried to talk to her, even inviting her to her and Tennisball's beach house but it didn't do much, Leafy declined the offer.
Tennisball gave her some fresh tea herbs he grew in his garden, Flower had made her some clothes, putting aside deadlines for her friend and Lollipop sent over an expensive white wine.
People were doing so much for her.
She appreciated it greatly but no matter how hard she tried she couldn't deal with the idea that Firey didn't love her anymore.
Her own husband didn't love her.
She had run out of tears to cry and simply lay on the sofa, staring at nothing as the TV blared in the background.
It was Saturday afternoon, Coiny and Pin had taken Grove to a themepark to try distract him too because he was still pretty upset too.
Leafy hated being sad infront of Grove, she needed to try get better for his sake.
But today was not that day, she was resting, she wore low-rise tracksuit bottoms and a hoodie over a crop top, both of them has drink company logos on them, not her most flattering outfit by any means.
She threw a stress ball up and down, there was nothing on her mind, her focus was on the ball.
Throw, catch.
Throw, catch.
Throw, catch, click.
Her attention turned to her front door when she heard it unlock, she felt her stomach drop when she heard it open.
She quickly stood up, bracing herself for whoever it was, she wasn't going to let this thief take anything.
The intruder rounded the corner and Leafy was taken aback when she saw it was the person from the coffee shop who gave her the business card.
This person had something to do with Firey, what was their name?
"How lovely it is to see you again, Leafy," they grinned as they bobbed a curtsey.
"You're Two, right? What in the name of God are you doing in my apartment?" she demanded.
"I am simply here to see how things are going for you," they said with that horrible smile still lighting their face.
"Get out, now," Leafy snarled, taking out her phone to call the police.
Suddenly, Two strode over to her, grasping her hand with horrific strength causing her to yell in pain and drop her phone which Two promptly kicked to the other side of the room.
Two let go of her wrist, Leafy recoiled in pain, holding her hand tenderly, she was certain it was broken.
"Now Leafy, we're both adults, we don't need other people to solve our problems, right?" Two taunted.
"You bastard, I think you broke my wrist," she yelled accusingly.
"Calm down, I'm sure it's not that bad, now as I was saying-" Two was cut of by Leafy throwing a swift punch, right in his face.
"I said, get out," she ordered in a dark tone, poised for another attack.
"My, my, what a temper," Two sighed, wincing slightly as he touched his cheek.
Two raised his hand to strike her back but Leafy caught it, struggling against his strength for a moment until he let go.
Leafy lunged at him, completely wild and void of care, she swung her fists, grabbing at his ugly hair, letting out a fierce yell as she did so.
Two reacted quickly but definitely caught off guard, Leafy was stronger than he had anticipated and she was clearly not going to care if she did any serious damage.
Two began to worry that Leafy would overpower him but he had a trick up their sleeve.
As Leafy lunged for her next attack, ready to sink her nails into his face, Two stopped her with hard punch to her cheek and a swift kick to her chest she stumbled as she was suddenly winded and tried her best to breathe.
Making the most of her confusion, Two quickly grabbed her, holding her close to him in a grip that she couldn't get out of even in her rage-filled state.
Using a free hand, Two held a soft cloth to her nose and mouth as Leafy's let out screams and yells for help that only came out muffled as she kicked and struggled in attempts to escape.
She found herself growing dizzy and drowsy and her world began to spin as her eyes slowly closed, all she could hear was Two talking to her.
"Shhh,just stay calm and it'll be over soon, just behave and all will work out," they said in a fake-soothing tone.
"It's not you I want to hurt,"
Leafy's screams grew weaker as her body felt heavy and she went limp in Two's arms, she couldn't get out, she was falling asleep.
"Hush now, it's all okay, you'll be just fine,"
Those were the last words she heard before everything went dark.
...
She briefly woke up, it was pitch dark and she couldn't see a thing but she could feel that she was in a van of some kind and it was moving.
She stayed still, not wanting to bring any attention to herself.
However she didn't stay awake for long as she soon felt the darkness fully engulf her once more.
Please... someone, anyone... please.
Firey...
She wanted Firey, she wanted to be told everything was just a dream, she wanted to wake up in his arms and feel his warm kiss on her lips.
Firey...
...
She didn't get what she wanted.
She finally woke up, properly this time.
But to her horror, her hands were tied behind her back and she was sat on the floor, against a cold metal pole.
Everything was cold, even the blood that dripped from her mouth as grown cold.
She was in a dimly lit warehouse, shivering from fear and cold.
As her vision adjusted to the harshness of it all, she could make out a green haired figure on the other side of the warehouse.
She squinted her eyes to see who it was.
It was Two, who had turned to face her, seeing that she could now tell who they were, they sent her a cold, sinister smirk as they exited the warehouse, turning off all the lights as they did so.
Tears formed in her eyes and rolled down her cheeks, no sound came from her as she simply stared into the darkness.
Completely alone.
With no one to save her.
Cold.
So cold.
...
Darkness.
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Sorry, couldn't think of song lyrics for this one guys.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter.
XOXO
LeafCake