Changing Ways

Kankri ==> Listen to Cronus.

"Just tell me now Cronus, you know that I—"

He stopped you before you could speak anymore, he told you everything, and it was a lot to take in. You wondered if he still hated his body, and you felt like it was necessary since he had hurt himself over it.

"Cronus... do you still..."

"Yeah..."

You looked up at him since you were painfully short, and you felt really bad for him. You held his hand tight, and he seemed to be trying extremely hard to distract himself.
"Is that why you always wear jackets and scarves?"

"Yes, Kankri. I mean I like how they look but they also cover up the weird scars I always had. I had been told that they were just accidents, but now that I know what they really are, and I don't know if I can bare it."

"What do you mean you can't bare it?"

"If I had always known what my past was like, I probably wouldn't be here. Sometimes when a soul goes through so much pain, it tries to escape. That's what wanting to end your life feels like. It feels like everything that makes you special, or different... it starts seeping through the broken cracks, and eventually your life essence is coming out in too many places, and you just can't keep it together anymore."

You looked down at your feet, being extremely worried to leave him alone now.

"Come on, were going back to my house." You started to pull him along with you, but he put up resistance.

"I should just go back to my own home," he was making himself heavy by tensing up his muscles.

"That phone call you got makes me think otherwise, Cronus." You were looking at him with a blank face, you just wanted him safe. You know that he knew how unsafe it was to be alone right now. You thought for a second, "I'll let you go to your house, but I'm not letting you go alone."

He stared at you defiantly, but then his gaze softened after a few seconds, "fine." He allowed you to drag him out of the aquarium, find Porrim, and notify her that you were leaving.

"Porrim, we're leaving. Something came up, we'll take the bus home."

"Kan I thought you hated the b—"

Before she could finish her sentence, you dragged Cronus out behind you. It was still raining but that wasn't the problem right now.

Cronus ==> Be dragged along by Kankri.

You didn't mind the fact that Kankri was being pushy. You knew he cared, and you knew there was no way in hell he'd leave you alone right now. This scared you. What if the person on the phone knew where you lived, and he came to your house and tried to hurt you. Chances are, Kankri would get hurt too if he was there. He had practically pulled you up onto the bus, for you were dragging your feet hell bad.
You slipped an unlit cigarette into your mouth, at which the bus driver said there was no smoking. You responded with a simple, "It's a metaphor thing I do. You put the killing thing between your lips, but don't give it the chance to kill." However, Kankri nor the bus driver knew that you vaped often. Vaping wasn't that bad right? It was low in nicotine and it came in flavors. Well, maybe you did put the killing thing between your lips, and you did give it the chance to kill, but hell, at least you don't walk around smelling like smoke.

You actually used to snort crystal meth, which was the only fun you had in life. God, you used to be so lonely, and you had grown used to it by now. At this moment, you wondered why you even approached Kankri in the first place.

"Cronus, thank you for changing the way I saw the world." There was only two more people on the bus, and they were seated away from you and Kankri, it was like having a private conversation.