forum We're All a Little Mad // OxO // Closed

Started November 01, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

tune

Hatta swallowed, and shook his head a little as they walked. He didn't know what Aliana had felt, and he wasn't sure he wanted to find out.

Aliana continued on starting to hum again as if she could act normal after what she felt.

Hatta began to whistle along quietly, glancing at her out of the corner of his eye.

Aliana feigned normality, but if you looked hard enough you could tell she was breaking down. She didn't know what happened, but she couldn't explain it.

Hatta kept an eye on her carefully, not sure what would happen.

Aliana was fine for a bit, then she started to tremble a little. Nothing could get her here, she was safe right now. She contiuned to insist that to herself despite the tear that had started to roll down her cheek. Nothing was even causing it this time other than her own mind and it's attempts to unravel what had transpired.

Hatta spotted the tear, and stopped. "Aliana, what's wrong?" he asked softly, raising his eyebrows and looking at her worriedly.

"I," Aliana tried to gather her jumbled thoughts into something coherent, "I don't know what's going on with me."

"Okay." Hatta sighed softly, running a hand through his hair.

"I'm sorry," Aliana muttered more to herself than Hatta. She looked up at him, "Can, can we rest for a minute?"

Hatta nodded, and sat down. "Yeah. You don't have anything to apologize for."

"It feels like I do," Aliana sat down slowly next to him, "It really does."

Hatta sighed. "Why?" He asked. "Why does it feel like you do?"

"We have to stop moving because I can't get a grip on my emotions," Aliana whispered. She got even quieter afterwords, "And we had to back track becuase I got scared. Everything is my fault, it always has been."

Hatta sighed. "Aliana. I am going insane. You really think I care that we have to stop so you can get a handle on your head?"

"I, my point exactly," Aliana looked at him, "You're going insane and I'm freaking out because I got scared. If you can keep going, I should be able to too."

Hatta snorted. "I figured out how to keep a lid on the…craziness, keep it in here." He tapped his hat. "You haven't. Don't worry about it."

Aliana had big eyes and they were starting to tear up. She wiped at them and looked at Hatta with a light smile, "Thank you."

Hatta smiled. "You're welcome." he replied.

Aliana took a shaky breath as she continued to sit, "How, how do you keep it all in?"

Hatta snorted. "I whistle." He replied. "I walk, I fidget, I tell and come up with riddles." He shrugged.

"So normal little things?" Aliana was honestly curious. She wanted advice becuase she, she had been needing to hear something like this for a while now. That it was fine to do things to get her emotions out and she didn't need to bottle it all up until it overflowed.

"I guess." Hatta replied with a shrug. "Keep myself busy enough, and…." he shrugged a little.

"Yeah," Aliana sigheda as she looked down at her hands. She took a deep breath before stadning up, "Let's see if we can make it a little farther."

Hatta nodded. "Alright." he replied, and began walking again. "We'll see."

"Yeah," Aliana took another deep breath and started to walk again, "We'll see."

Hatta sighed softly.

Aliana started to hum slowly and softly. She wanted to try something out.

Hatta glanced over at her for a moment, then kept walking quietly.

Aliana started to hum a little louder and faster. She felt a small smile start to slip on as she continued.