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TW: SH

“Mea Vita,”

his voice was a gentle murmur, a cocoon of bandages finding their way to your wrists.

“You tried. Even if it didn’t work out, I’m proud of you.”

Veritas wiped away the blood on the side of your neck where you had once again tried to tear off the words etched onto your skin.

“…Are you mad?”

You croaked. You barely had the energy to tilt your head up, much less speak. That much was obvious, given your weak voice.

“Mad? Hardly, Amica Mea.”

Veritas sighed softly. He looked at your body, littered with scars new and old. Scars that you had tried so hard to let fade away, only for them to reopen, much to your dismay. No matter how hard you tried, how many pills you downed, it was never enough.

“I’m sorry.”

You whispered, looking at the white cloth that covered the bloody mess underneath.

“For what?”

Veritas took your hand in his, fingers intertwined with each other.

“Gambler, I know you tried. Perhaps that’s not enough in your books, but it is enough in mine.”