"The Thing That Wears My Face"
Boom. Boom. Boom. The door trembles slightly. Rain hisses against the windows. Wind curls through the open eaves like whispers...
lee wanxia
(focusing on jiangshi's face)
you're not normal right??
I know...
(take step back)
Who are you??
jiangshi
(glance)
I am the one from whom humans get deadly scared
again door tremble slightly
lee wanxia
ok leave it i don't care who are you just tell me why you said the things that wears my face" what gonna tying to say?
(Whisper close to jiangshi's face)
Wears my face...you mean to say someone wearing my face on their face?
What kind of demon trick is that?....
jiangshi
(feels wanxia's breath on his face..)
(low, even tone)
Not a trick. A memory... unformed, crawling in from the broken loop.
(gaze sharpens)
It mimics your regrets.
Knock turns to scratching. Nails—long, dry—scrape across wood. Scritch… scritch… scritch…
lee wanxia
(voice tight)
I need to see. If it’s just a madman...
lee wanxia
I don't want to believe your talks but I now i feel you right in some places may be cause I feel abnormal till passed 3 days and it's supernatural...
jiangshi
(suddenly in front of him, blocking the door)
You’ll go mad the moment you look
(eyes bore into his)
And I don’t plan on losing you again...
lee wanxia
(Unnecessary he Starting believeing on him
and get shocked when he said that line)
“Again”? You keep saying things like that..
(voice softens, searching)
How do you know me?
jiangshi
(quiet)
I was your shadow once. In another time. You tended the sick... I fed on the dying.
(pause)
We existed side by side... until the gods tore it away...
Anyways I will tell you everything after it
first Just let me handle this
(he just placed his one hand on the door... looking he's just blocking the door with one hand)
lee wanxia
(soft, unsure)
What... happened to us?
jiangshi
(still, voice nearly a whisper)
You chose to forget.
(beat)
And I... chose to wait
Wind slams the door suddenly—BAM! Wanxia flinches. Jiangshi doesn’t move
lee wanxia
(heart racing)
And what if I never remember??
jiangshi
(soft, almost gentle)
Then I will love you quietly, in each loop.
(dark smile)
And bleed for you again, if I must
Fire crackles weakly in the hearth. The storm slowly fades outside
lee wanxia
(murmurs)
You’re so calm...
(eyes narrow)
Too calm.
jiangshi
(dry smirk)
Would panic help you feel safer?
lee wanxia
(grits teeth, then sighs)
You're insufferable...
jiangshi
(steps closer)
And yet, you haven’t kicked me out
Their breath is the only sound now. Close. Measured.
lee wanxia
(quietly)
Only because I want answers.
(beat)
Not because I... trust you.
jiangshi
(tilts head, voice velvet-soft)
You always say that at the beginning.
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