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Mental Link Part 6

Kia coughs. Twice. Harder. Jakeob puts her back, and Yppah instinctively gets closer to her by pushing Jakeob to the side.
She sits up and looks straight at Jakeob and not Yppah. "Jake? Why would you..."
"Shhhhh. Cuz." Yppah turned her head to look at him. "Jakey boy is on a bit of an... emotional roller coaster right now. Look at me."
"Jakeob," she said hoarsely. "Please..."
Yppah growled a little bit. "Why the hell is it all about him?"
Kia went red and looked down sheepishly. "Yppah, please... I just want to see Jakeob..."
Yppah sat next to her. "Explain."
"Explain what, cuz?" Kia asked.
"Why do you still trust him, even after he hooked you up to a poorly built machine, made you horribly sick through said machine, and almost blew you to bits?" Yppah said, feeling tears start to well up in his eyes.
Jakeob sat on the other side of Kia, looking at his feet. Kia didn't notice this, her eyes still locked on Yppah in rage.
"Why do you still trust me after I attempted to kill your best friend by mistake?" She returned. "After I lost control of my magic and almost killed you? After every shitty thing I've ever told you?" The corner of her mouth twitched and tears started to roll down her cheeks. "Tell me why, Yppah."
"Because I love you," he sputtered. "You're my cousin, I'll always forgive you... because you matter to me."
"Well then." Kia's eyes gleamed and she raised her voice to try and drown out the sob in her voice. "I still trust Jakeob is because I love him. I love him more than I should be allowed to. We're not family and I still love him. I'll always forgive him because he matters to me."
She shook and finally let out her sobs. She cried and cried, and Yppah just sat there in shock.
"Kia..." Jakeob said softly.
She stopped crying and turned around. "H-Hey Jake..."
He looked like he was about to cry too.
"Kia." His voice shook. "I love you, too..."

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