Anger (1/1)
Title: Anger
Author: tromana
Rating: PG13
Summary: Erimem didn’t like being angry with Peri, it was exhausting and made things unpleasant.
Characters: Peri/Erimem, Five
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Anger
“That’s horrible,” Peri exclaimed. “I don’t know how people can live with themselves, keeping slaves.”
Peri and Erimem were crouching over a ledge, watching aliens. Aliens who were whipping another species of aliens if they fell and dropped all the lush fruits that they had gathered laboriously. The Doctor had told them that they needed to avoid being caught and return to the TARDIS whilst he did… something.
“I can live with myself, Peri,” Erimem replied. “It is their culture, as it was mine.”
“Oh Erimem, I didn’t mean, what I…”
“It is alright, Peri,” Erimem assured her. “You forgot.”
Erimem hoped she sounded bitter. She’d worked so hard on understanding Peri’s viewpoint, which had seemed so foreign to her at first. However, the smallest of things could throw her, slavery being one of a long line of stumbling blocks. She knew Peri was good and she was definitely the best friend a lonely princess could ever have asked for but she just didn’t understand. And refused to budge, almost insisting that her lifestyle was the gospel truth.
They managed to avoid being detected by the captors and reached the TARDIS as an almighty explosion echoed behind them. The Doctor soon followed, covered in soot and unlocked the door for them. He smiled at both of them as he dusted off his hands and set the time and space machine into flight.
“Is everything okay here?”
“Yes,” Erimem replied instantly, in clipped tones. “We are both fine, Doctor.”
“I see. Erimem, why don’t you go have a nice, long bubble bath?”
“But Doctor, I’m…”
He stared pointedly at her until she scurried out of the room and found the nearest bathroom to her bedroom. The hot water splashed reassuringly into the tub and the bubble bath she’d selected bubbled enticingly. Soon, she slipped out of her clothes and into the warm, relaxing water. Erimem didn’t like being angry with Peri, it was exhausting and made things unpleasant. Peri could be so frustrating at times, but that was just, just her.
When she awoke, the bubbles had nearly all disappeared and the water was quickly becoming too cold for comfort. Erimem quickly stepped out of it, dried herself off and pulled on a pair of pyjamas. She started to wander towards the food machine, with the intention of getting a cup of tea, or maybe that hot chocolate that Peri had recently introduced her to when she almost literally walked into Peri.
“Erimem, I’m sorry,” Peri started. “I didn’t think.”
“It is okay, Peri,” Erimem replied. “I am sorry, too.”
Peri threw her arms around Erimem. “Why are you sorry? You have no need to be.”
“I got angry,” she admitted. “It is hard, sometimes. I just can’t understand where you come from.”
“I know and that is why I’m going to try and understand your culture better.”
Erimem kissed Peri on the cheek gently. “Thank you, Peri. That is all I ask.”
Author: tromana
Rating: PG13
Summary: Erimem didn’t like being angry with Peri, it was exhausting and made things unpleasant.
Characters: Peri/Erimem, Five
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Anger
“That’s horrible,” Peri exclaimed. “I don’t know how people can live with themselves, keeping slaves.”
Peri and Erimem were crouching over a ledge, watching aliens. Aliens who were whipping another species of aliens if they fell and dropped all the lush fruits that they had gathered laboriously. The Doctor had told them that they needed to avoid being caught and return to the TARDIS whilst he did… something.
“I can live with myself, Peri,” Erimem replied. “It is their culture, as it was mine.”
“Oh Erimem, I didn’t mean, what I…”
“It is alright, Peri,” Erimem assured her. “You forgot.”
Erimem hoped she sounded bitter. She’d worked so hard on understanding Peri’s viewpoint, which had seemed so foreign to her at first. However, the smallest of things could throw her, slavery being one of a long line of stumbling blocks. She knew Peri was good and she was definitely the best friend a lonely princess could ever have asked for but she just didn’t understand. And refused to budge, almost insisting that her lifestyle was the gospel truth.
They managed to avoid being detected by the captors and reached the TARDIS as an almighty explosion echoed behind them. The Doctor soon followed, covered in soot and unlocked the door for them. He smiled at both of them as he dusted off his hands and set the time and space machine into flight.
“Is everything okay here?”
“Yes,” Erimem replied instantly, in clipped tones. “We are both fine, Doctor.”
“I see. Erimem, why don’t you go have a nice, long bubble bath?”
“But Doctor, I’m…”
He stared pointedly at her until she scurried out of the room and found the nearest bathroom to her bedroom. The hot water splashed reassuringly into the tub and the bubble bath she’d selected bubbled enticingly. Soon, she slipped out of her clothes and into the warm, relaxing water. Erimem didn’t like being angry with Peri, it was exhausting and made things unpleasant. Peri could be so frustrating at times, but that was just, just her.
When she awoke, the bubbles had nearly all disappeared and the water was quickly becoming too cold for comfort. Erimem quickly stepped out of it, dried herself off and pulled on a pair of pyjamas. She started to wander towards the food machine, with the intention of getting a cup of tea, or maybe that hot chocolate that Peri had recently introduced her to when she almost literally walked into Peri.
“Erimem, I’m sorry,” Peri started. “I didn’t think.”
“It is okay, Peri,” Erimem replied. “I am sorry, too.”
Peri threw her arms around Erimem. “Why are you sorry? You have no need to be.”
“I got angry,” she admitted. “It is hard, sometimes. I just can’t understand where you come from.”
“I know and that is why I’m going to try and understand your culture better.”
Erimem kissed Peri on the cheek gently. “Thank you, Peri. That is all I ask.”