#cause ace and deuce rn don't matter to her

[azusawrites]

Theo had been right. Taking off in the middle of the night with some stranger had been a recipe for disaster. It had been a death sentence almost. And yet, as if the last year had not been spent in bed, nursing her wounds, and wanting for her ribs to heal, for breathing to become easier, for Theo to stop looking at her as if he would never be able to trust her again, here she was, repeating a mistake which she wasn’t sure she could survive this time. Those two weren’t Theo. They weren’t prepared. Seven – they couldn’t even get along now, of all times, when it was critical to have an ally of sorts, instead of an enemy ready to sell you out. Perhaps that’s why her own disappointment seemed so potent. She was hoping for some sort of approval from people who would always see her as lesser than them. 

Feeling a gentle and familiar tapping, Kore looked down into Grim’s eyes. He seemed just as apprehensive as she was, glancing in Ace and Deuce’s direction occasionally and it suddenly dawned on her that she had once again missed the main point. She wasn’t doing this for herself. 

wip: mirror marchen

fandom: twisted wonderland

wc: 3602

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#azusaprogress #mirror marchen #twisted wonderland #i cannot stress enough how important kore's love for her dumb tiny cat is #cause ace and deuce rn don't matter to her #they're just some strangers who keep causing her trouble #but grim is her baby #even when they fight and he acts bratty #and kore is willing to do anything to make him happy #he's her first real friend #and she's terrified of losing him #and it's this love for him that pushes her to do better #because kore is the sort of person that wants to change for the better out of love #she can be very kind #but cynicism has its claws in her #and she still needs time to let go of it #but with love being her motivation she starts making baby steps and improving her life #much like her romantic relationships her platonic ones function as a way to start healing herself #because she can't yet do it for herself #so she does it for others