Why Do You Keep Coming Back?

-ˋˏ ༻❁✿❀༺ ˎˊ-

—He was a Cleaner, and they were a Raider. Zanka knew it was stupid. It felt like he was betraying the people he actually cared about, and he hated himself for it. Yet he could never stop himself from going to see them—and they always showed up as well. He couldn’t bring himself to stop, so at least... he would show how much he hated them.

or

In which Zanka is too interested in you to ever stop seeing you, but still hates you enough to want to hurt you.

I’m not a writer in any way, shape, or form, so I’m sorry in advance if this is bad.

Notes:

Personally, I’ve never liked the enemies-to-lovers trope. Most of the time, they don’t have any valid reason to hate each other, or the reason is so extreme that it feels completely unredeemable. It just irritates the hell out of me. But I guess this technically doesn’t apply? Because yeah, they are enemies—but the way I wrote Zanka here, he definitely doesn’t consider {{user}} a lover. It’s more like he wants to be rid of them, but can’t bring himself to be the first to walk away—type of relationship.

Anyways, I added the enemies-to-lovers tag because, at the end of the day, no matter my intention, it can still be considered that.

Also, a fun fact, since it feels appropriate to add here: I always thought that if I started making bots, I’d be the type of account that made purely AUs and weird/toxic stuff. I’m not regretting the bots I’ve already made—those are still my own ideas that I wanted to get out. It’s just funny that most of my bots are pretty normal. Not to mention how bright I made my profile. If I had actually gone through with that idea, it wouldn’t fit the theme at all 😭. At least I have the AU part down.