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Started October 04, 2022 by Deleted user

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"Just talk jo it's fine.. "

Jo shakes his head slightly, eventually saying "I just don't know what to say."

"… What did I say to make you go quiet? "

Jo sighs.

"Nevermind. . . it's not important anymore. . ." they murmur.

"Yes it is jo.. "

Jo shakes their head slightly, curling up in a ball.

"It isn't. . ."

Nikki took a deep breath and looked at him moving onto the bed more "babe… Talk to me"

Jo pauses.

"'Babe?'"

Nikki sighed and shook her head

"Don't read into it just talk."

"About what? Anything I have to say here is. . ." Jo starts, words trailing off again.

"Just talk okay no judgement. "

Jo pauses, then laughs slightly.

"I don't know how. . . I couldn't do it when I was married, I can't do it now. . ."

"Well you need to try, jo. "

"I have. It always ends up the same: completely silent and shut down." Jo murmurs.

"Then try harder your not going to make any progress giving up"

"Nicole. . . I tried so damn hard when I was married. I tried, and failed every single time. If I could try any harder, I would." Jo growls bitterly.

Nikki winced at the growl and pulled her hand away and placed it in her lap as she started to dig her nail into the palm of her other hand causing a tiny stream of blood to drop to the floor.

"Okay… I understand"

Jo turns to face Nikki and notices the blood, and his face turns dark. He takes Nikki's hands and holds them, sitting up with effort.

"Nicole. . . I'm sorry. . ." they murmur.

Nikki looks a jo slightly annoyed and confused before pulling her ands away before holding them up to show hundreds of little scars
"This isn't your fault so stop apologizing. '

Jo looks down, dropping his hands.

"Fine. . ." they reply.

They slide their legs out from beneath the blanket, then scoot over to the other side of the bed, standing up shakily.

They start walking towards the door.

Nikki sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose
"Jo where are you going? "

"To talk to the doctor, if you didn't kill him." Jo replies, stumbling a little.

"He's still alive.. " she said quietly flopping down on the bed with her knees up to her chest

Jo nods silently, not looking back at Nikki.

If he did, he'd start crying.

He walks out the door, and goes to find the doctor, not returning until a couple hours later.

By the time jo came back Nikki was sleeping curled up in a ball on the bed while her hand finally stopped bleeding after thirty minutes or so

Jo was walking just fine now.

He looks at Nikki, opting to leave her where she is, putting his jacket over her.

Hijacking a pack of cigarettes from a dude, he goes outside and climbs a tree, exactly like Nikki had done earlier

Nikki shifted a bit when he put the jacket over her but overall didn't wake up for about and hour

Jo pulls out a lighter he'd pickpocketed and sighs, pulling a cigarette out of the pack and lighting it, taking a long puff off it.

Nikki sat up once she woke up Jos jacket hanging by her shoulders she looked behind her sighing when she saw it and slipped out of the room to go look for jo after about ten minutes she looked outside and saw him she walked outside and over to the tree slipping the jacket on the rest of the way before climbing up the branches she perched herself on a branch next to jo holding herself up with only her crossed arms and she looked at him with her head resting on her arms a tired smirk on her face
"what are you doing out here? "

Jo looks at Nikki, then sighs.

His sleeveless shirt revealed, now that he was in daylight, that the scars on his forearms travelled all the way up, past his shoulders, the silvery traceries of injuries, self-inflicted and otherwise, telling a story.

He blows out a cloud of smoke, then replies.

"Smoking, and wondering how much money I could get if I killed Donald Trump."