My Little, Personal Hell [Calypso/Kokuto]

Calypso chuckled at his silly laugh and joke of not being a professional or even looking like one, though her expression slowly crossed into further confusion as she processed one particular word - Psychology. Why.. Why psychology? Was this a joke or something, did he just want to spend time? Maybe this was one of those 'women are a different species' things she heard on cheesy tv romantic drama movies?

However, his next sentence made her heart freeze up, any smile on her face vanishing as she blinked innocently, tilting her head and putting a finger on her chin, "I-I'm not sure what you're referring to.."

The lump in her throat grew three sizes, as she heard that last sentence. She got hot under the collar, a nervous look in her eyes as she gritted her teeth, her silver gaze swaying to and fro, a gentle 'uhhhhh' at the edge of her voice, as she took a deep breath in, eyes shut, posture straightening, and then breathed out, brushing up that dreary face with a smile and a cheery tone,

"Oh! Yknow, I just poked around and did something I wasn't supposed to with Ulv. Algos got pretty mad, roughed me up a bit and went to do the same to Ulv.."

She laughed softly, rubbing the back of her head like this was some silly, innocent mistake, "Yknow us Asthavons! Overdoing it and stuff.. I handled everything with Algos, everything is fine now, there isn't any need to worry. She won't do something like that ever again, I promise."

Despite her exterior, her innards screamed with anxiety and terror, claws scraping at the barrier of her consciousness, screams wishing to be released but never allowed to emerge, the woman falling onto her side and tracing circles onto the bed as her heartrate skyrocketed,

"So yeah, did you want to hang out or something? It really isn't a big deal."

Calypso looked surprised, eyes wide as Kokuto didn't seem too willing to let go of the subject, not as much as she wanted to at least. She looked genuinely sad to hear him ask such a question,

"What? No, I think you're pretty smart!"

Her gaze lowered as she knew plenty well what he was referring to, but she didn't want him thinking thats how she thought of him. Her gaze was uncertain, gently flinching when he pressed on with the subject. She felt uncomfortable - To her, this was cleared ground she wasn't interested in retreading, it was dealt with, what was the point in continuing to bring it up?

"I mean, I dunno, i'm pretty done with it. I dealt with everything already, everything's fine and normal... Like nothing happened.."

She took the rabbit as she spoke, staring at it as she heard Kokuto's advice to speak to the rabbit rather than him about it.

"..I mean, this really doesn't need to be brought up.."

Calypso stared at the stuffed rabbit's adorable plush face, rolling her eyes as she felt almost guilted to go along, "..Fine, i'll humor you. You're lucky you're cute."

Closing her eyes, holding the soft toy in two hands, she took a deep breath in, picturing herself in a comforting setting, before breathing slowly out,

"Algos suddenly called me to see her. She was upset at me... I was being a bit naughty with Ulv during a visit.. She could see and feel everything I did, so she.. Was disgusted with me. I.. I understand what she did was wrong, but.. I can understand why she did it.. And, I feel really bad for doing that to her."

Her face was scrunched up with shame, holding the bunny firmly as she continued, "It wasn't right of me to betray her trust and peace of mind like that.. So... Anyway, she was... Real mad. Furious.. I felt scared, but really guilty... She beat me up a bit.. But, I could handle it, I could take the punishment..."

The demonic royal began to tremble, her body visibly shook as she continued to speak of what happened, her face turning a weary smile as her eyes were kept shut, trying to maintain the comfort of imagination, "I was a fool, to let Ulv touch me like that.. I just thoughtlessly got her into trouble, for what? Some stupid fun? Ugh.. She, she wanted to take it out on Ulv, but I begged her to just do it to me instead.."

Her heartbeat escalated in speed as she felt a throbbing pain in her chest, her breathing becoming labored and fast as her hand rose to her chest. Silver tears beaded in her eyes as she stuttered and stumbled on her words to continue, "..So.. Then... Then... She.. Stabbed into my chest.. And... T-tore... Aaa-aaahhh..."

She clutched her chest tightly, she couldn't pretend anymore. She set the rabbit to the side as she pulled apart her illusionary clothing, to feel at her bare chest. It hurt so badly, she swore she could feel Algos' hand stabbed deep into her chest to forcibly tear apart Resolve Flame, though any proper look at her chest would reveal that there was a large, black scar over her heart's area, a white pulsating glow present at the center as it formed as if it were a typical scar of the flesh.

"..W-why.. Does my chest hurt so much..? K-Kokuto..? Kokuto did I do something wrong..?"

She looked up at him, eyes round and full of tears as she looked genuinely pained and terrified of the idea.

Gentle whimpers left her throat, her body performing a violent twitch as the man touched her, a squeak coming from her as she would then settle in his grasp, leaning against his chest as her eyes were bugged and filled with pain and tears. Her heart kept beating, and with each beat she felt like something painfully banged at her chest, the woman wanting to cry from the pain and misery as she struggled to raise the bottle up to her lips, her trembling hand losing grip and dropping the water.

She tried so desperately to take deep breaths, but getting control of her emotions at the moment proved to be incredibly challenging. Her hands were clasped so tightly to her chest that it was a surprise she wasn't bleeding by now, her dulled eyes looking at him as he asked her to focus and tell her why, why was Algos so angry with her for something like that?

She was silent for a few moments, an expression of shame resting on her face as she knew she had to say something. With her breathing labored and short, she would squeeze her eyes shut, a sobbing tone to her voice as she would force words to finally be created,

"..Me and Algos are tightly bonded... With a seal.. We made it when we..."

She stopped for a moment, a look of uncertainty crossing her face, until she continued, "..When we first met.. She wanted a way.. For us to be close.."

Her brows knitted together, looking at Kokuto with a weak curiosity. While the pain in her chest ebbed, she didn't understand why he would want to know, "..Why do you ask..?"