part 55
Over the week things are calm, except Adam is very curious about iku’s past, she keeps telling him “later ok?“. He’s not trying to upset her, he is just way too curious. iku on the other hand is very afraid of this conversation, she knows that it’s going to happen some day, but she’s afraid that her emotional outburst will scare him.
It’s night, iku is making something sweet for him (mirinda szelet, it’s a layered little thing with coco flavored sponge cake at the bottom, a cottage cheese/fluffed up butter/sugar mix with some vanilla flavoring, and on top a jelly layer of an orange soda (mirinda if you’re hungarian, anything else if you’re not)) (you should totes look it up).
Adam: (“Hey ikuuu…”)
iku: (“Yees? :)”)
Adam: (“You know, I’m still curious about you..”)
iku: (“Oh… :(”)
iku: (“I mean, I told you that one day, I’ll tell you.. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I don’t think you’re not worthy of hearing it. I will tell you.. I just want to make sure you can handle it, or well.. handle me after I tell you.“)
Adam: (“I mean.. I saw you in action..”)
iku: (“That was not me in action, that was me dealing with pests. You missed the action.“)
Adam: (“Oh..”)
iku: (“Again.. It’s not about you not being a man enough for it.. It’s more that I’m afraid of my own temper as I recall my past.”)
iku: (“I know you’re curious..”)
iku stops moving for a second, leans back.
iku: (“Ughh… Fuck it. I’ll tell you now.“)
Adam: (“..Are you sure?”)
iku: (“Yeah.. The longer I delay it, the worse my outbreak will be.“)
Adam leans back on the wall behind him.
iku sighs.
iku: (“… My real name is Veronika… I’m Hungarian.“)
Adam: (“The country that was bombed to shit a couple years back?”)
iku: (“… Yes, and that was 3 years ago, so like, not that long ago.“)
Adam: (“Oh right. Ms. A is from there too isn’t she? Like I know you two speak the same language.”)
iku: (“Yup. She’s a different story tough, I didn’t meet her back home.“)
Adam: (“Right.”)
iku: (“So, anyways, I am an only child, my parents.. they didn’t have more kids.. uhm.. they were planning to but.. that didn’t end up working out for them.”)
iku: (“uh.. Right.. The U.S. collapsing had an effect on our life. Bunch of guns started appearing where we lived, and a whole bunch of gangs started appearing too. Turf wars weren’t a rare thing. Not helping the government didn’t give a shit, gun trafficking made them so much money they ended up turning a blind eye to basically any shooting.”)
iku: (“I was like.. 5 years old.. My parents.. They wanted to go out, they brought me along…“)
She starts shaking a little, her voice cracks for a second.
iku: (“… We ended up getting in the middle of a turf war.”)
iku: (“Us, civilians tried to flee, but most of us got slaughtered. One of the gangs tried to kill everyone so there wouldn’t be people making a scene about what happened… We tried getting away, but one of them ended up catching me.. My parents, they tried saving me, instead they ended up getting trapped by a pair, they’re brothers.”)
iku: (“They pinned them down to the ground… And forced me to watch as… As their brains got blown out. Their blood.. was all over me.“)
Adam gets a worried expression.
iku: (“They planned on torturing me back at their base.. I was screaming, kicking, every ounce of strength I had, I was trying to bite and kick them, that’s when the other gang there got alerted to what happened, they killed the person holding me down, so the brother pair started shooting at them. As they were busy with that, one of the members from the gang who saved me kidnapped me. Claiming that if I was running around the city telling people about what happened there would be a lot of trouble for everyone.”)
iku: (“They assigned me a Caretaker, and raised me into what I am. Their perfect killing machine. My caretaker tried his best to give me the love I should’ve gotten, but my Boss had different ideas. I was forced to cook for them, to work out, to use guns. They’ve beaten me when I was rebelling. So I started asking to be let out, to let me have a normal life. But legally I was dead, they could do anything they want with me and I can’t defend myself.”)
iku: (“Regardless, I kept asking to be let out. Luckily I got tall, and people started to be scared of me… After a while I couldn’t take it anymore and snapped… I killed almost everyone.. That’s when my boss finally decided to send me out here…”)
iku: (“He sent me out here to die.. I knew NO ONE, I HAD NOTHING. Just a guy who kept this place in check, and the day I arrived he tried making moves on me.. After some time I got used to being here. And then my home got bombed… I had to go trough losing someone I love again… My caretaker.. He was like my dad.”)
iku: (“So I found who was responsible for the bombs. And I MADE THEM PAY. AND I’LL MAKE ANYONE SUFFER FOR MAKING ME INTO THE PERSON I AM.”)
iku starts bee-lining for Adam, pushing him up against the wall.
She picks him up.
Veronika: (“I’LL KILL EVERY SINGLE ONE. THE WORLD DOESN’T APPICIATE MY GOOD DEED, BUT ONCE I’M GONE THEY’LL KNOW THAT I GOT RID OF FUCKING PESTS. AND ONCE I GET THOSE FUCKS WHO EXECUTED MY PARENTS I’LL FUCKING LIVE STREAM ME TORTURING THEM. I’LL FUCK THE—”)
She drops him down.
iku: (“I… I’m…“)
She starts sobbing.
iku: (“I’m so fucking sorry… Please.. Please don’t get mad at me… I wasn’t trying to…”)
iku buries her face in his stomach.
Adam moves to comfort her, petting her head.
Adam: (“I’m sorry, I didn’t know…”)
iku: (“Nooooo!!… I got too emotional again… And I ended up scaring you.. Please forgive me!!“)
Adam: (“It’s okay, I forgive you.. It’s fine!“)
Adam keeps playing with her, she eventually raises her head out of his stomach.
iku: (“Can you go into the bedroom please? I need some alone time now.“)
Adam hugs her and goes into the bedroom. In there he’s very worried about iku, clearly her mental is no where near to even being remotely alright. And he starts worrying that iku might hate him for constantly asking about her past.
An hour or so later iku comes in the room holding two plates, it has mirinda slices. She puts one of the plates next to him and sits down next to him, putting her plate in her thighs.
iku: (“I’m sorry. I just can’t get my emotions under control when I have to recall my past.“)
Adam: (“No, no no no. I’m sorry for pushing you so hard.”)
iku: (“It’s fine. You didn’t know. Obviously I don’t have to tell you, but keep your lips shut about this.“)
Adam: (“Naturally.”)
iku: (“Some day I’ll tell you the rest of it, I wasn’t done before my outbreak.“)
Adam: (“It’s fine, don’t stress yourself about it.”)
iku smooches him on the cheek.
He goes and takes a bite of the thing that iku made.
It’s incredibly delicious.
After a while iku pushes him down onto the bed to cuddle.
It’s sweet.