Get a hold of yourself

There is something wrong with Eleanor. The way she thinks of herself reminds you slightly of your last years of elementary school. You felt scared to speak with anyone, because you are a freak - a girl with a penis. She's not exactly like that, but somehow you get what she's going through. The thing that made you get through that was a close friend: Pearl was a lot like you back then, her family was messed up and she felt like she didn't belong. You helped each other and now you are both relatively happy.

You want to be that to Eleanor, a stronger person, whom she can trust. Even for just this night alone, you have to try.

The music on the party floor has stopped and you see that most of the people too. Nick the robot and the horse duo are having a hard time on the stairs leading to the third floor. You help the robot, and she thanks you with her static voice.

When everyone is finally up, Iris the skeleton girl as well as Chelsie and Natasha, the siblings who arranged this party, do a little speech.

"Everyone, everyone! It's time for the glow show, hiyaaa!"

Honestly you couldn't care less about this, you are not participating anyway. You feel unsure about this and think about just giving the vote to someone else. You don't really want to do this right now - you are a weakling, who needs to prepare before talking with someone, or that's how you see it anyway. You are ready to confront Leah about her things, but this glow show thing came in at a bad time.

You give the vote to the girl you helped just now, Veronica and she thanks you again, making you feel like you invested in her just a bit much, you hope she doesn't think you are flirting with her or anything.

You can't find Leah anywhere, she was just here a second ago, where did she go? It looks like Iris the skeleton girl has taken the votes off of everyone and gave the bowl to Chelsie already.

You start getting nervous, what if Leah is in danger, what if she's alone and sad again. You sneak out and nobody really notices. You go around the second floor and start picking up a menacing struggling sound. You look around more and then go downstairs.

Not wanting to acknowledge it, but you find Leah in the living room tied up again. Her body is laid out in an X -shape having her legs and arms bound with ropes on couches and big chairs. Her eyes are also blindfolded, and she's all naked.

"Oh my god… Wh..?" You feel like fleeing, like pretending to have never seen this. "M...March? I...is that y...youuuu?" She smiles carefully and looks in your direction.

Your face is flushed and mouth dry. How did this happen? "Leah! A..are you mad? Y...you can't b...be like that….people, people will see." You don't know what to say. To you, showing your body is extremely uncomfortable, but it looks like Eleanor wants it, she must want…

"M...March, c...can't you see? I'm all b...bound up… y...you can f..fuck me now, r...right?" She smiles again, but her jaw keeps trembling.

You are starting to tear up, she's so different, does she really want you to… No, you know what to do. You find scissors and some rope on a table. You take the scissors and snip the ropes keeping her tied up. How she managed to tie all her limbs makes your head hurt, but then you realize that one of the ropes holding her hand down is a noose, so she could've pulled it off like that.

"D...do you w...want to take me...standing up?" You want her to shut up, her words make you feel pain you never knew you could feel. Carefully you rise her up and sit down really close to her. You embrace her again, feeling her nude body on yours. She gasps and you hold her tighter. You just want honesty, not this asinine act of feeling sorry for herself.

She wraps her legs around you and cries softly. You two are like a ball of difficult feelings, her wailing makes you want to love her so much. "I..it's alright… y...you don't have to keep trying to m...make me feel good. I...I want us to be like th...be like this…" Your words are embarrassing, you are like a bad cliche or something, but it felt right.

She removes the blindfold and looks into your eyes, her eyes glossy and large. "C...can I kiss you?" You find the honesty in her voice finally, her expression is finally honest, you agree and kiss her tenderly. She is a bad kisser, but so are you, so you both go easy, feeling each other's lips, getting really close.

If someone walked in, you'd not even care, because this special feeling couldn't get ruined like that, it's just you and Leah now.