Chaos crushes (you) part 1
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Libra's pov
I watched the door close behind my brother and he disappeared. Was he being annoying and stupid, or was it me?
I turned away from the hall and moved back to the room I shared with Sag. Taurus would blame me for acting grumpy and distant, but I mainly blamed him for not paying any good attention to me. Even though he was my brother, and even though we got here not so long ago, he probably knew the others better than he knew me.
Sag was different. He was innocent and kind, yes, but what did that mean? I sighed and let my hands fall on my knees when I sat down.
Maybe Virgo was right. Maybe chaos can be a bad thing here. And maybe it would change us. In Sag's case, I didn't hope it'd change him. He's good this way and it wouldn't be better, I knew for sure. For Taurus, I didn't know where it would lead him. Hopefully somewhere better. Somewhere he had to prove he could be someone else than the distant, grumpy guy.
And for me... I've already changed. I felt it, I knew it. It's bad, because this wasn't like me. This wasn't like the Libra I used to be, the Libra I wanted to be. I had no idea what this place was doing to me, or with my brothers.
But I did know, there was a good side to this. Something that felt good about changing. And I didn't know for sure, of course, because my intuition left me the second I walked into this place, but a small hint was left there for me.
Perhaps I had to talk to Aquarius again.
Aries' pov
The water ray from my gun hit the upcoming Capricorn in his face, and with a disgusted expression he stepped back into one of the apartments. I grinned widely as I remembered the booby-traps that were placed there, and it took only seconds before a loud rumbling, combined with Cap's screaming reached my ears.
Over the first ten minutes already, we split up in teams, which we could because Cancer ran back the second I pointed my gun at her. I was hidden in the end of the hall, behind a few tables and more wood – we sacrificed almost all the wood we'd cut earlier times – and I hit everybody coming towards me.
Rain was tearing down the windows, but it was still nice and fun up here. Taurus, who was in my team, had accidently kicked a hole in one of the walls in the last apartment, so he was now constantly sneaking through the next apartment and trying to haunt people. He often plopped down next to me to help me shooting the others, but disappeared quite soon again. Too bad; I must say, I liked his presence. He had good sarcasm, one of the things I favored in people, and even resembled me a bit.
But, he was still 6 freaking ft. tall.
Virgo – also in my team – appeared next to my side as he hit Gemini with a big ray of water. My sister stopped and was forced to walk back as I helped Virgo and made sure she'd regret wearing a white shirt.
'We're doing great, hm?' Virgo yelled over the thunder strikes, that were still falling around the flat. We sure were lucky this place was close to the city, with its high buildings and apartments.
'Of course we are!' I shouted back. 'You're in my team! My team always wins!' I hit Sagittarius – Gem's team – on his arm and he disappeared as fast as he caught my sight. Virgo continued: 'So... there's many things I happen to know, but when do we exactly win this?'
'Probably when we've persuaded them into our team, you know, just by threading them to hit them with mustard, or something.' Virgo looked at me in a strange way after I said that. 'It's funny how we've known each other for years now, and every time I think you're different from your sisters, it turns out you still have some weird things in common.'
'Only weird things, of course. It's not like we're all pretty, no, but instead, we're all goofy idiots.' I started shooting on the doors in the hallway because I was sure at least one of the others would be hiding behind them, but the only reaction I got was Virgo's chuckle.
'I didn't mean it like that. Sure, you three are all goofy idiots, but you're all pretty. And with that, a lot like each other.' He smiled to himself and hit Capricorn with another water ray. 'But of course, Pisces is the prettiest.'
'Hypocrite,' I muttered, but it didn't seem he heard it because of the thunder still zapping through the air. Not a second later, the door to the apartment next to us fell to the ground, causing me to quickly jump over to Virgo's side.
Taurus stepped outside, grinning widely with Sag grabbed by his collar. It only now got clear to me how little they different in height, though Taurus was still obviously taller.
'This one was sneaking around inside, trying to get us down,' he said, gesturing to the apartment – apartment 13. 'I didn't know what to do, so I emptied the tank of my gun above his head and took him to you guys.' Taurus smirked and Sag groaned something under his breath, shaking his head wildly as he made water drops cover the floor.
'Great job! How about you and Virgo here put him back in the apartment and make sure he doesn't escape, I'll go catch my sweet little sister,' I said and jumped up. 'If you get bored, you can always discuss the fact Gemini is still terrified of ghosts and how she calls them her mortal enemies.'
I snickered at my own comment, especially when I saw Sag and Taurus frown (Virgo knew already, one time he was over early and overheard Gem screaming in her sleep) and I ran past our bunker to get to the other apartments.
My head wasn't really up in the task, to say it like that. I was constantly thinking about the Ceremony this same morning and I had no idea whether it was a good or a less memory. It should be a good.
Compared to other years, it was easy and went quick and smooth. I had the first Ceremony, meaning things weren't completely settled. It also was a lot more quiet – Aquarius, Cap and Leo weren't even around. Gem was next, back in those days she was still smaller than I was. Then she starting growing, just as Pisces and everyone around me, and I never seemed to grow. Mum always said I would grow later in my life, but I was 17 already. No way, mum.
I kicked a door of an apartment with the number 10 on it, but it wasn't followed by a soft bang and a shriek, meaning no one was behind it and my thoughts continued on. Pisces' Ceremony had been a day later. It wasn't much special, the same as ours, but the more people came around, the better it was. If you looked at the situation like that, it almost made sense Aquarius had a breakdown; we were still deciding over things in the flat, and had no idea what they would turn out like.
The next door I kicked responded with a loud scream, meaning I had indeed found someone and I rushed inside, noticing Gemini running away. 'Don't flight, if you can't fight, because you cannot hide!' I sang softly, slipping through the fallen furniture.
I ended up at the balcony, where I found Gem – only she was on the next already. She climbed over the small blocks of stone, that served as separations and I decided to follow her.
Many people though being small gave you the opportunity to do things smooth and fast, but I was the exception. I was rather clumsy – something my sisters were too, but Gemini wasn't it as bad as I was. Luckily I had other qualities; I was quite the sporty one, to say so myself.
Too bad soccer or football didn't include climbing over balconies.
I didn't even have to follow her, I discovered after I stumbled onto the first balcony. As soon as Gemini had reached the last, Taurus caught her and brought her back inside, to quickly come back outside. 'That's mean! She was my victim!' I yelled, but I couldn't help but let a smile appear on my face. The same happened with Taurus, as he said: 'She indeed was. You still have one chance, Cap is out there too. Or wait,' he stopped talking to listen to something that was said inside, 'never mind, Virgo got him.'
'A water gun fight and I didn't even catch anyone. This isn't how my summer is supposed to go,' I sighed and dragged the tables and chairs back into apartment 13. Taurus took the chair from me and grinned again. 'Ah, come on. It's not that bad, right?'
'It makes her feel weak,' Gem teased me, with a broken lamp in her hands. I tried to hit her, but she duck away, and my hand was grabbed and stopped by someone. I looked back, to see Taurus, expression in between a frown and a smile. He let go of my wrist and leaned against the wall. It seemed he was waiting for something, so I admitted: 'I'm usually the one who discovers the other team and captures the others. It's not a really big thing, but –'
He held up his hands, in defense. 'Sorry. Didn't know that.' I laughed, and shrugged it off as we walked outside. 'You couldn't know. But it's not a bad thing, you did amazingly well and proved yourself another time as a Survivor.'
Taurus didn't smile as a reaction, although, not at first. He bowed his head, so I couldn't see his face, and walked up to Sag.
Now, I was frowning too. What was that?
Cancer's pov
The moment Virgo started counting down, I snuck out of the group and made my way upstairs as fast as I could. A water fight between me, Aries and the others – no thank you. I wasn't really up for that; besides, Aquarius still owed me a talk.
I arrived on the third floor, where Aquarius, Leo and Pisces were sitting on the couch and watching a girl's show on the television. It didn't work perfectly, but it worked.
Despite the little space next to her, I plopped down next to Aqua anyway and nudged her shoulder softly. She relaxed under my touch and nodded when I looked into her eyes. I knew she understood me, though I didn't know if she liked it.
We walked out of the hall, where the rain calmed down to drizzle again and the sky started to look a little less grey. Aquarius didn't need my insistence.
'You already promised you wouldn't tell anybody.' She breathed rattling, before looking up at me. 'It's not that I don't trust you, but could you...?'
'Promised,' I said, repeating the phrase from earlier today. 'I don't want to push you, Aqua. If you feel like you can't tell me, or you just don't want to yet, you don't have to. It can wait; I can wait.'
'But I can't wait,' she whispered and pulled me over to the top floor. It was silent, a comforting peace in this everlasting stress. It was never quiet – there was always someone bored (mainly Gemini) or someone was pissed (quite often Aries) or someone just wanted attention (we all did, actually). But, right now, I don't think any of that was happening right now.
She took me over to her own apartment, and I think her gaze moved over to one of the others somewhere halfway, but I didn't quite catch it and she opened the door to push me inside.
'I don't want anyone to hear it,' she confessed, and I realized this was serious. If she didn't want anyone to know about this, it meant Leo couldn't hear it, Aries couldn't hear it, Gemini couldn't, Capricorn couldn't – no one could, and yet I was allowed to.
When I asked her why she told me, she grimaced. 'It seems you're the only one I can trust here. Now, so you really promise you won't –'
'For the love of god, Aquarius!' I yelled out in frustration, and threw my hands up. I ignored her surprised expression, because I expected to see that. 'I promised you multiple times! What should I promise it on? My life? My friends? The cereal in my kitchen?'
Aquarius immediately forgot my little break out and smiled again. 'Yes, that is a great idea. Promise it on your most important friendships.' 'That will be with Pisces,' I said, not willing to lie about it. I could tell Aqua she was my most important friend, but that wouldn't be true. And wait, she said friendships – plural. Well, she still wouldn't be a part of it. Virgo was next.
But Aquarius didn't ask, so I didn't feel the urge to tell her. As long as she assumed she'd be next, it would be alright. I guess.
'Alright,' I said, slowly, so we would both remember every word. 'I will not share anyone the information you tell me, otherwise my most important friendships will turn their back on me. There you go.'
'Thank you,' Aqua squealed. 'I knew I could trust you.' 'Alright, we're wasting time,' I said. 'What do you so desperately want to tell me?'
She let a small blush appear on her face, without even trying to hide it. It was strange to see it with her for some time, usually Leo was the blushing over things. But it became a whole lot clearer when she actually told me.
'I think I'm in love with Libra...'
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