02.04.202X - Hope Theory
Hope Theory Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. The chilly air bit through her still-wet jeans, the parka now drying in the boiler room, replaced by a loose sweater that had definitely seen better days. The threadbare, dusty blue gave way to grass stains further down her rolled-up sleeves, and faded droplets of white paint covered her chest and shoulders. The gravel crunched underneath her red Converse. Sayori cradled a heap of pre-cut birch in her arms, absentmindedly running her tongue across her gums, carefully poking at swollen lips and aching teeth. The bleeding had stopped some time ago – just after they'd unloaded their haul into the fridge, when Katie had grabbed the shotgun with shaking hands and muttered something about taking care of it. Taking the elephant in the room behind the shed, as it were. The whole business with the boiler and the woodshed was, to be honest, more of a chance to spy on Katie than anything else – Sayori's legs ached like no tomorrow, she fe