sweep the heart | cobra kai

nature vs. nurture

"when twins are separated, their spirits steal away to find the other"

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Daniel had pulled his car up, and Hallie and her father were walking towards it. Her head was pounding, but it couldn't have been as bad as her father, who was still bruised from "bumping his head" earlier.

"Ah, I... wanted to say I'm sorry for... last night," he said after a moment, refusing to meet her gaze.

Hallie frowned, trying to think back. "Last night?"

"You were right. I should've been there."

She sighed as the memories slowly returned. "Dad..."

Typically, she'd be upset, but her head was spinning too much to let her feel much of anything else.

"Just wanted to say that," her dad continued awkwardly. He walked over to Daniel's car.

Hallie stood there for a moment, taking a few steadying breaths. She looked up before shaking out her arms, preparing herself for the rest of the day.

Her dad sat in the passenger seat next to Daniel and they started off on their journey. It was silent for a while, Hallie staring out the window of the back seat.

"I got you a juice. Advil's in the glove compartment," Daniel said.

"It looks like sewage," her dad muttered.

"Suck it up. If we find Robby, you might wanna be awake. Hallie, I got one for you too."

He handed the bottle of green liquid back to her. Slowly, she reached out to take it. It made her nauseous to look at.

"Drive faster. I feel like I'm in a rocking chair," her dad said.

They chatted absently, voices growing more and more muffled as Hallie laid her pounding head against the window. She shut her eyes, trying to block out the light.

One minute or one hour later - she couldn't tell - she jolted up at the sound of loud rock music. Her father had turned on the radio.

"Knock it off," she could hear Daniel say as he turned down the music. "We're on a mission."

Her dad turned the music back up.

Hallie grumbled. "Can you turn it off."

Looking back at her, he did. Her ears were left ringing.

And suddenly, Hallie noticed she felt very weird. Her heart was pounding and she felt nauseous - she had thought it was just from the gross juice Daniel had gotten, but she felt really sick. Looking around, she reached for her phone to check the time, but didn't register anything on the screen.

"Hallie."

She looked up. "What?"

Daniel was looking at her through the rear view mirror. "I asked how you were doing. Are you alright?"

She took a shaky breath. "I... I don't feel good."

Just talking made her feel like she was going to throw up.

Her dad turned around to look at her. "Yeah, you do not look well."

Normally she would've retaliated, but she barely even processed anything he said to her. She was beginning to feel lightheaded. Raising a shaky hand to her chest, she could feel her rapid heart rate, which only made her more anxious.

"Alright, I'm gonna pull over," Daniel said.

"No... don't," she breathed.

She still wanted to find Robby, no matter what was going on with her. She had had panic attacks before, but this wasn't the same. She felt physically sick, like she was going to pass out.