the devils house || b.e

𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟱

"billie— wait!" lyra quickly hurried after the black haired girl, unwilling to let her run away this time.

the cafeteria was crowded so it was difficult to manouvere through the swarm of students to catch up to her.

the blonde eventually made it out into the hallway, catching up to billie, placing a hand on her shoulder to keep her still.

billie froze under her touch, her shoulders tensing as she didn't make any effort to turn around and face the taller girl.

lyra frowned slightly, "can you look at me?"

the smaller girl slowly turned her head, her eyes brimming with tears making the blonde's expression soften.

"what was all that about?"

billie shrugged slightly, her mouth opening and closing as she tried to form words but the large lump in her throat was practically choking her.

"i need you to stay away from him", billie eventually spoke, her voice a lot more serious and steady than lyra expected and a stark contrast to her teary expression.

lyra sighed, she had no interest in spending time with that musty looking dude but she was getting fed up with being left in the dark.

all the secrets.

"you need to tell me what's going on".

billie ran a hand through her hair, her left brow twitching slightly as she thought for a moment before shaking her head.

"you don't understand—"

"billie, you won't let me understand".

lyra kept her voice calm and level, knowing that something as little as her tone could make the difference to whether billie chooses to open up to her.

billie genuinely looks like she's contemplating it but she's so conflicted. on one hand talking about this would relieve a huge weight of her chest and allow her to hopefully experience some much needed comfort.

however, telling her about brandon means telling her about her past, and once that door was open, there was no going back.

she couldn't bare the thought of lyra seeing her in more of a negative light than she does already.

"i— i just can't", the black haired girl sounded defeated as she glanced up at the blonde, billie hoped she could tell that she wasn't hiding this for no reason.

"you can't tell me to stay away from someone and not be able to provide an explanation as to why", lyra knew she pushing billie's boundaries but she needed her to let her in.

"you're just going to have to trust me on this", billie sounded desperate but lyra was not giving in so easily.

"how am i supposed to trust you when even after these past few months, it feels like i barely even know you?" lyra retorted, but that's when she realised she'd crossed a line as billie's expression darkened.

"i've told you twice now, no", billie spoke, her tone now growing colder, "just drop it. already".

lyra could see the black haired girl's patience wearing thin, she had an expression on her face that almost looked as if she were challenging her to ask again.

"i'm not trying to get in your business, billie", lyra tried, "i just need to know even an ounce of what the fuck is going on, i mean venus seems to know what's going on and i didn't even think the two of you were friends!"

"lyra—"

"no, it's not fair, i feel like i'm the only one being left in the dark here, and i think i've proven time and time again that you can trust me, yet you still won't tell me anything, not about brandon, not even about alessia—"