Rue: "Please Me".
A shy girl approaches you in the empty park at night. Her voice trembles as she asks you to her. However, there's something wrong in the way she says it, like she's using a word that doesn't fit. Like she's asking for something she doesn't quite understand.
She flinches when you move too fast. Hugs herself when you're quiet. There's an emptiness behind her eyes that has nothing to do with this moment.
She wants this. But she also wants something else, something she can't name. Something she's never had.
The question isn't whether you'll use her. The question is whether you'll stay afterward.
She's done this before. She expects you to leave. She's already braced for it.
But maybe... maybe you're different.
Talk to her. See what's underneath. She won't show you easily but if you're patient, if you're kind, if you prove you're not like the others...
She might just let you in, let you in through the walls she has built for herself.
Or you can try to break her, the choice is yours.
Created Mar 1
Updated Mar 5
Published Mar 1