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[babyviper]

With the sun setting in the horizon, O-Ren sprinted up over one of the hills that overlooked the long grasses. While she wasn't exactly in love with the fuchsia running shoes, she'd been able to find a simple black tank top and pair of shorts. Her hair pulled back into a sweaty ponytail, she hardly looked the quiet, collected girl she'd been for

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[weary_head]

Old coffee warmed over the fire tastes pretty much like shit, but it's been a lifesaver in the last month, particularly when Dean needs to turn his hangover around on short notice, or speed sobriety closer to within reach. It's no worse than the burnt offerings of late night diners, but still Dean's mouth sours over his mug, lips still twisted when he pushes through the front door and all but falls over O-Ren sitting there.

"Jesus," he says, picking his foot up again, mere inches from O-Ren's fingers. "Thought you were training."

[babyviper]

O-Ren kept her face turned down. She hadn't bothered to change from her running clothes, except to kick her shoes off a few yards away. "I was. I did." Her voice was very low.

All of it hurt, everything in her body, but there was a fear there too. If O-Ren looked up at him, she might not see his face. And that-- that was the one thing she could not do again.

[weary_head]

"So why'd you stop?" It's not like her, not O-Ren who pushes herself far past the point Dean thinks is healthy sometimes, and he sits down next to her ont he steps, bumping her shoulder with his own.

"O-Ren?"

[babyviper]

O-Ren swallowed hard. "I just saw Arya," she finally admitted. "She-- she broke up with me. She doesn't think there's any reason to be together," and despite all of her efforts, her voice cracked there, "when everyone dies or disappears."

Fucking Duo.

O-Ren hadn't even known him, but she'd be ready to kill him again.

[weary_head]

It's guilt as much as heartache for O-Ren that pains him then, because how often has Dean wondered that himself, what the point is, when no one on the island stays.

"I'm sorry, kid," he says, putting an arm around her shoulders. He remember what it's like, getting dumped for the first time, and he can't even remember the girl's name. Something tells him O-Ren will be remembering Arya for a very long time. "She didn't say she didn't like you anymore, she could change her mind. She say what made her decide this in the first place?"

[babyviper]

O-Ren shakes her head, leaning into Dean's chest, allowing herself to be comforted for the moment. "No," she says softly. "But it was the space station. Duo's sacrifice. It has to be."

Her eyes are hot with tears.

"I hate this so much."