Kapitel 16: Revelations

TW: Blackmail, past trauma

Ethan happily abused my promise, and I had to keep the grave I dug myself. He called for me anytime I wasn't in class and occupied a lot of my time after school. To be honest, there wasn't really anything he needed help with at all; I just stayed next to him for no reason. On top of that, Coraline had been hanging around a lot more just to tease me or Ethan. I was not a big fan of hers at all but she was still tolerable.

"Wow, everyone's really staring," she looked around. "Well, I guess it's because the two of you are still together."

"What?" I asked, confused.

"You and Ethan."

You've got to be kidding. "I knew it. I'm rumored to have turned into a crazy person, so it'd be so fucking unfair if an actual crazy guy wasn't rumored to be crazy."

"Dummy," Ethan smiled while Coraline cracked up.

"That's rich! This is why I like you! You're so clueless!" she laughed.

"Is that not it?" I asked.