sirenspull | Another accidental video - re-entry with a new canon point

[Dirty fingers brush over the NV screen when it switches on, leaving bloody streaks across the screen. The whole video is vibrating; as the fingers move, a view of the Newcomer apartments from the baseball diamond is clearly visible. Whoever is holding the NV is clearly a newcomer and clearly in some kind of trouble.

After a minute, there's a shallow gasp and a moan; the voice is high pitched, obviously a girl's. The NV falls, and goes black; it's camera down in the dirt. But it lasts only a minute. The owner of the voice goes to pick up her NV, gasping in agony as her hand curls around the device. It's obvious why; there's a hole shot clean through her palm and out of the back of her hand.]

Marius? Marius, where are you?

[The voice has a heavy French accent when she speaks, and just for a minute, Eponine's face comes into view. It's dirty and tear stained. Her hair is a mess, greasy and tangled but that is the least of Eponine's concerns. She's forced herself into a sitting position, and one hand she presses to her chest, - a chest which is bleeding profusely. She gasps again, and sinks down onto the ground and out of sight of her NV.Without anything to support her weight, she can't keep herself upright any more. She knows she's dying, and tears wet her cheeks. She feels sick and dizzy and the world - wherever she is, fades in and out. She needs to see him before she dies. Her breathing is getting more and more shallow. She has to ask his forgiveness.]

Mariussss...

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Eponine watches Yosuke in silence for a few minutes before she closes her eyes Had she been physically able to, she would have run at this point. Run away and never looked back.

Except, she had to open her eyes again. She's exhausted now, and she looks it. There is only so much a teenager can deal with, and Eponine hit her limit a long time ago. Yosuke upset is something that just needs fixing, and fixing quickly.

"Yosuke?" Her voice is very quiet.
"Yosuke, I'm sorry. You don't have to pay me. I know it's not your fault. I'm just... I'm tired. I am so tired of doing the right thing and getting nowhere. Do you not see? I could be rich if I go to Afterglow, just for six months. And whatever happens to me there; however I am tied and mauled and pawed at, if they whip me or scratch or kiss... It has been so before, and I know how to feel nothing now. But a friend helps, you know. So I can think of you whilst I lie. It helps me forget, you know? We ARE still friends, no?"

His face goes back into his hands for a minute while she talks about being chained and whipped. The only experience he has with anything like that was torture, not sex. It's impossible to imagine someone deciding to be okay with it for a while. The very idea sends a shudder through his body.

But Eponine is starting to sound desperate. And she's not well. He can't let her keep fretting about this.

"I'm here, right?"

He sighs, and unfolds himself. He shouldn't be in her bed. What is he doing? Just because Nill lets him get away with stupid things doesn't mean that every girl will want to put up with them. So he slides down, and pulls up a chair instead.

"You should rest. I can stay here for a while and keep an eye on things for you."

In all honesty, she doesn't mind Yosuke being in her bed. He's a comforting force for her - sometimes - someone familiar and kind. But she doesn't stop him leaving, either.

"You don't have to - you know you have a proper life too, do you not? You don't want to waste it all on me."

Still, all the same, it'd be nice for him to stay. Eponine doesn't want to be all on her own. She reaches for his hand with her uninjured one.

"Will you tell me a story? A nice one? Every time I close my eyes, I see the barricade and the soldier coming for Marius, and the man I shot and - will you help me forget? I am so tired, Yosuke, and these thoughts, and what I am to do keep me awake."

"Too bad I can't just think something nice at you." He answers, which probably sounds a bit insane to people who aren't psychic. But he lets Eponine take his hand. And as he considers her request he remembers asking something similar of a friend not too long ago, when he was afraid to shut his eyes on bloodstained memories too.

"If you promise to stop calling yourself a waste of time, I know just the thing."

"But-"

Eponine begins to protest, but she shuts up. She wants a story and she wants a happy sleep.

"I won't say it. I promise, Yosuke."

"Alright, a friend told me this one once. I was on a lot of painkillers then, so I'm not sure if I'm telling it right but I'll do my best..."

The story is a long tale, and naturally Yosuke misunderstands quite a bit of it. But he does his best, and at the heart it seems to be a tale of heroism and friendship and sacrifice.

It's beautiful. Eponine doesn't interrupt once as Yosuke talks, for a change. Instead, she lets herself be absorbed by the story. Slowly, her eyes close as she calms down and loses the adrenaline from arguing with Yosuke. She stops trying to fight the after effects of the anaesthetic and slowly drifts off. Her cheeks might be tear stained, and she might look a complete mess, what with bandages and iodine everywhere. But Yosuke has probably never seen her look happier or more at peace with the world.

She looks beautiful, just like she always does. But it's nice to see her looking peaceful after everything she's been through recently. He trails off after Eponine drifts into sleep, but he stays for a little while longer. Until someone calls Gilbert to complain that they never got their stupid cupcakes today, and then there's an argument that's better taken outside to be had.

So he kisses Eponine's forehead softly and tiptoes out, proud of himself for not tripping on anything and waking her up just this once.

Another accidental video - re-entry with a new canon point

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