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The room suddenly felt too cold to stay in. All me and Kyo were able to listen was Priscilla gulping down her fourth beer. Kyo was holding my hands firmly.

Was she stopping me from dashing out of the room or she was about to cry, and she needed me by her side?

Was I patronizing myself after the whole recap of self evaluation?

I almost felt sorry for myself.

”I-I'm sorry Kyo. I should have told you earlier.”

Priscilla flung her semi-filled can of alcohol in my direction. It passed me and hit the door behind us. We jolted where we sat. I looked at Kyo, who turned her weeping face slowly towards me.

”Kyo- ”

”Bitch, I deserve an apology before your Miss Chink over there.” Priscilla exclaimed.

I turned to Priscilla and she was opening another can of beer. ” Priscilla, apologize.”

Priscilla jumped on her feet, crushed the can she held in her hand and said,” What did you just say to me?”

I let go off Kyo's hands and stood up too. I decreased the distance between my face and her and repeated,” I said apologize to Kyo right now.”

Priscilla smiled in my face.

”Make Me!”

I smiled back.

”Is this how I raised you?”

Suddenly I felt one hand on my shoulder. Moments later the force exerted by the hand turned me around and I was greeted to a crying Kyo. Before I could realize what was happening, Kyo slapped me across the face.

The strike rang across the room. Everything was silent once again.

”Madonna, have some shame. Is this how you plan to counter attack all your problems? Either running away in the face of the problem? Or being in the wrong and still attacking the whole world?”

I turned my head slightly to look in the direction of Kyo. I could see her eyes were red. But if it was wrath or melancholy, I could not deduce that. It was a new face. The unpleasant one. I rather would prefer a bottle strike on my head than standing here in the room.

I lowered the gaze and slowly said, ” But she called you Chink-”

”Shut up Madonna. A human must channel their anger somehow. And when you are the source of said anger, take the hit like another human. Have you lost your humanity as well as sanity- ”

Kyo stopped speaking. She looked at my face once again. She shot a faint look at Priscilla. She walked towards the door and said 'Goodnight' to both of us.

I broke down as I slumped on the couch. The tears ran over my face, but I was not sad.

I was nothing.

Why was I crying?

Priscilla was still sitting across me. She was giggling under her breath, and that was making me hot in the head.

”Well, atleast there was one human in the room tonight.”

I looked at Priscilla as she finished the sentence. She smirked at my face and reached over to her pile of beer cans she got from Cline and threw one can towards me. I didn't raise my arms to catch it and it struck me in the waist and landed near my feet.

Priscilla looked at the time on her cellphone. ”I still have seven minutes to go on stage. Pick up the beer Mad. Drink with me.”

”P.A., I'm really not in the mood right now.”

”Don't you want to know if I decided to forgive you or not?”

I picked up the can, opened it and threw it all in one gulp. I held the empty can in my hand and wiped all my tears away. I sat straight on the couch to face Priscilla.

”So- ”

”No.”