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NO SNEAK PEEKS ✨✨

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TW: suicide 🫠

“No!” Lani yelled at him, holding her arm out, trying to reach the knife in his hand. “You can’t! Stop- I-“

A hysterical laugh answers her, his eyes bloodshot with tire. He spun the knife in his hands, as if it was no more than a toy, not a weapon. His other arm hung limp at his side, looking more pale than usual under the crystal moon. It was just him and her, out on the silver meadow. The stars shined dimly, as if tired themselves.

“Why! Why ms Laylani? Ha,” he snorts, sounding drunk, “Beacuse life- Because life is worth living?! HA!”

“It is!” Lani replies, her eyes glistening with tears. “Just- Just put the knife down- Please!”

“You’ll just arrest me the moment I- OH! HAHAHA! I know your idea now, you think- ha- you think I’ll use it on YOU- is- IS THAT RIGHT?!”He answers with another laugh. He sounded sick, as if the laugh was hurting his throat.

“I-“

“HA! You WON’T catch ME! Never! See!” He holds the knife up in the air, the metal blade gleaming.

“NO,” Laylani screams. “Bates- Stop! Please-“

“It too late for me, Lani.” He says, grinning. “You know what? Take care of Lu for me.”

“N-“

He holds the knife against his neck, pushing hard. Hysterical laughs echo through the lonely meadow. Bates falls backwards, still laughing, Laylani stands over him, crying.

“No! B!” She screams in horror, looking at the crimson waterfall that covered his neck.

His smile stops, and his bloodshot lifeless eyes stare right through Lani, into the moon above.