LXIII | Some Tension
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Nina is still threatened
by Li Wen,
I explain to Tammie.
(A noncommittal response.)
She rubs
her forehead
against
my shoulder.
I pull away.
She yelled at everyone today,
except Li Wen.
Silence.
I fall
into the depths
of Tammie's
grey eyes.
They're hollow one moment,
they're full of light
the next,
they're making me
forget
what
I'm
trying
to...
Tammie locks our fingers
and throws the blanket
over my head
so we're
shrouded in
warm
sour
darkness.
There's something wet
stroking my cheek.
It's uncomfortable (at first).
Then, rhythmic.
Lulling.
My complaint
dies
at the back
of my throat.
When I wake up,
Tammie is gone.
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