A.N. I was in a creative writing class and we were challenged to only use dialogue in expressing an idea or event that is not commonly discussed. See if you can guess what it is ~Eirah (Because 'Jei' was taken)

"Hey," She said quietly, poking her head through the door

"Hi." Was the almost inaudible reply from the figure in the corner of the darkened room.

"How is-"

"Don't. Just don't." He all but begged from his location, currently laid on his stomach and on his bed in the corner of the room

"You can't just ignore it! Pretend like-"

"I know damn it!" he snarled before lowering his tone to a whisper "I know"

"If I may inquire," She began

"You may not"

"Alright, I won't. Please tell me." She implored

"No." He replied firmly without raising the volume of his voice, "I just want to-"

"Pretend like nothing ever happened?" She questioned of her tortured friend

"It would be nice."

"Look, I can't change the past, neither can you and I sure as hell haven't seen Chronos lurking around nor do I expect to in the near future; your going to have to deal with this." She all but screamed in her frustration.

"Leave me be." He begged.

"Who?"

"What?"

"Who? It's a simple question, answer it."

"No"

"Damn it Tom! How am I supposed to help if I don't know anything beyond-"

"Than leave me to rot. I want to die, to waste away and never be heard from again."

"I won't let that happen."

"Tough shit"

"This isn't your fault."

"You're starting to sound like a broken record."

"I'll keep saying it until you believe it." She walked over to the bed and touched his hand; he immediately recoiled at the touch.

"Go."

"What?"

"Go. Now."

"I won't leave you to your own demons."

His eyes narrowed, "That wasn't a request. Go."