Girl Talk. No Boys Allowed! [closed]

Chiu was speechless. She wanted to say something comforting. Something reassuring. But she couldn't. The words just would not come. Chiu had lost a lot. The most important thing in her life. But Viola had lost everything. And yet she seemed stronger than Chiu. Better.

Maybe they were right. Maybe she could live her own life. Maybe. Probably not. But she would try.

"I hope you both understand why I had to tell my story. It's fine to feel guilt. It's fine to feel regret. For a while, it might even be fine to shut yourself out from everything. However, it's never fine to just give up. Giving up is the only real sign of weakness there is in this world... if you don't fight to stay alive, or fight for what you believe in, what point is there in doing anything?"

Sighing before laying back down on the bed, she considers if she should continue.

I can't believe I did that... though neither of them seems to condemn me either, so maybe it isn't all bad. I can't move past my mistakes, but I'm fairly certain I can help others move past theirs.

"The road to forgiving yourself will never be easy, but you don't have to travel it on your own. There will always be people who understand you, to some degree. I'll always be here for you if you need me, though there are more things you might want to know about me first."

It was a funny thing really. Chiu had always walked alone. Pushing people away in order to keep them safe. But everything was changing. Now there were two people here who cared for her. Wanted to walk with her. And she couldn't bring herself to push them away.

For the last decade she had tried to walk alone, her thoughts and memories the only companions. And where had that gotten her? Only to the brink of the abyss. She needed to turn off this road, to turn away from the darkness, but she wasn't strong enough. Alani would help her, she knew. Viola had promised the same. So maybe she could do it.

Something else Viola said bothered her though. "You two are here for me when you don't need to be. Helping me even though you don't have to." Chiu said to the black haired girl lounging on the bed. "There is nothing else I need to know. If you ever need me, I will be there."

"Ahhh... that was one thing I forgot. Drowning your pain in alcohol isn't going to solve anything. I may be of age, but I haven't touched alcohol once, and don't plan on it."

Standing up, she stretches and yawns before glancing between the two younger girls.

"However... a celebration of some kind sounds good. A trip in to the city maybe? My treat."

Chiu should have seen that coming. She knew the drinking was not exactly the healthiest of habits, but it also wasn't something she could just give up either. It had become a part of her. She could cut back though, she'd already planned on it, cut back as much as she could handle. For her friends.

Friends. Earlier that had Chiu had not had a single person she called a friend. Then Alani appeared and she had one. Chiu had thought that was plenty. She could not have imagined having a better friend. Now, only a few minutes later, she had two and going back to one was an unimaginable nightmare.

"I won't promise to stop completely." Placing the bottle down, she turned away from it. "I don't think I can, not yet, but I will cut back. Little by little maybe."

Standing up, she brushed off her legs and stretched. "And you know...I think the city sounds great."

"Alright. Girls night out it is! I'll need to stop by a bank first, but we can meet at this cafe I like? We can decide where to go from there. "

Spying some paper and a pencil on one of the desks, she goes over and writes down the address for the cafe, then heads towards the door.

"Oh... uhm, you guys don't have transportation do you? Damn. Hmm... ok, you guys take the airship down and meet me at the cafe in about an hour? That should still give us enough time to do anything, but also gives you guys time to get down to the city."

With that matter... kind of settled, she leaves the room and heads out of the dorms, ready to hit the city.

((To Girls' Night Out!))

A secret part of Chiu was a little glad the others had left. She was happy with the way things turned out, she really was, but there was a lot of things running around in her head. She needed time to think. To organize.

As Alani closed the door, Chiu began changing out of her stereotypical clothes into something a bit simpler, but still familiar. Black jeans and sneakers with a pale blue t-shirt. The shirt featured a cartoony picture of a severed Beowolf head blood read letters reading "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf now?"

Grabbing a black jacket, Chiu left her dorm. Closing the door behind her.