Spectral by Duen

Author:Duen [Duen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Duen
Published: 2016-03-09T23:00:00+00:00

IRREFUTABLE

Skye trailed a finger at the sink’s edge as she gazed down on the backyard from the kitchen window, watching Anya and Luka go to work at their small, portable grill. Anya seemed to have trouble keeping the coals lit and Luka was busy gathering small sticks and branches from the surrounding area to help. Ripley trailed after her, taking hesitant steps through the grass and flicking his paws free of rain.

“Vale?”

“Mm?” Vale eased in behind her, slid her arms around her waist and breezed her fingers along the backs of Skye’s hands. The two of them had just finished cleaning up after the resulting mess of their dinner; they’d made quesadillas, three of which Luka had annihilated all on her own despite having already eaten.

“What did Anya talk to you about…before she went out?”

Vale stiffened. She leaned into Skye with a small puff of air and pressed her forehead against the back of her head.

“Did she…think we were fighting?” Skye asked again.

Vale rocked her head in a slow shake. “Nah. She…asked if you’d been acting weird. I jokingly asked if she meant outside of your usual weirdness.”

“Why would she…ask you something like that?” Skye asked. She breezed her fingers against Vale’s, pressed the tips of their fingers and tickled her palms. Vale shifted further into her and sighed.

“She said you sometimes get like this,” she managed with a quiet laugh, a slow shrug. “Emotional, I guess. I didn’t tell her anything. Promise.”

“I know,” Skye murmured. She still couldn’t understand why Anya would bring something like that up. She felt like Vale wasn’t being entirely honest. “What else did she say?”

Vale gave her hands a small squeeze. “She said sometimes you don’t remember things.” Skye’s hands tightened over the counter. “Since your mum and dad…” Vale trailed off. “She was just worried you might’ve―”

“Might’ve what?” Skye whispered.

“Might’ve remembered something.”

Skye stiffened and glanced back at her. Vale’s hair tickled into her neck, coiled over her shoulder. She inhaled in her best attempt to steady her suddenly pounding heart. She remembered the therapy, she remembered the questions and the tests and the medicine. She remembered the crunch of metal and the spray of glass―

“You never said you saw them…” Vale whispered, “…saw them die.”

Skye sucked back a startled breath and held it inside of her. She squinted back the burn in her eyes, chewed aggressively at her lip and forced an exhale. “I don’t remember it,” she answered. Vale pressed into her, drifted her lips over her jaw and sighed. “Just little flashes, sometimes sounds.”

Vale swept her hand over Skye’s, slid it further up her arm and hugged her from behind. She went on kissing at her jaw and breathing softly in her ear until Skye settled against her and released another long breath. “Maybe it’s better,” she murmured. “Sometimes better not to remember.”

“Yeah…” Skye slowly nodded. “I, uh…”

“Yes?” Vale hummed, led Skye’s head to an angle and rested her chin on her shoulder. Skye sighed at the press of her skin.

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