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[indent][color=d3d3d3][sub]Anni didn't react as Hanna tapped her shoulder. The pleasantries, the nicey nice talk. She hated it. It all felt fake, like she was being lured into the hunter's trap. Anni wanted to push Hanna away, just like all the other times before. To tell her to mind her own business. But fuck—she did have a point, even if Anni wasn't ready to come to terms with it. 

Getting back at everyone was her whole reason to be here, although the second CJ had arrived she had gotten so flustered that her original plans had flown out the window. The woman's mere presence had awoken some deep, unresolved issues that had been eating away at Anni since forever. Letting go of it all was a daunting, practically impossible task. This wasn't "123, abc, poof, all your problems are gone" easy, Hanna. 


Yet maybe, just maybe, it was something to try. To close that chapter in her book before she reached the point of no return. Anni had already been teetering on the edge, after all. She was becoming the very thing she had set out to destroy.

She took a deep breath before responding. 

[color=black][b]"I... I actually wouldn't mind that."[/b][/color] Anni replied, taking a sip of her drink. [color=black][b]"Thanks, Hanna."[/b][/color]

God damn it. Here she was, getting all "feelsy" over someone. Hanna was just trying to reach out, yet admittedly it stung Anni deep. This wasn't natural. There was no way she could get used to this. It felt like severe whiplash just accepting the fact that someone was there for her. No hidden motives, just the honest truth that they had her back.

Fuck, had Hanna been trying to do this the whole time? All those "nosy" conversations at the games. God, Anni, you're an idiot for not realizing it sooner. Someone actually cared, and you didn't even notice.

Taking a second to refocus herself, Anni looked around the bar. First to Hanna and Lucas, and then to the crowd that had formed around the counter. A toast had been kickstarted by some of them, although Ivory's idea of "finding closure" stuck out like a sore thumb to Anni. She couldn't quite shake it out of her head, not after Hanna's speech.

[color=black][b]"Fuck it,"[/b][/color] Anni announced, fighting back the nagging feeling in her gut. She wanted to throw up, but she nonetheless raised her glass to the toast. [color=black][b]"Not like Ritman even exists anymore. Let's get this over with."[/b][/color][/sub][/color][/indent]
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