Ryden's Palace.

[Ryden Hertz]

Ryden smirked into the kiss as she felt the speed quicken. She didn 't mind, she kept up. Though it didn't feel the same with Crash as it was with other guys. Like, she was calm and almost in a daze. Of course she knew what was going on, but it was more of a drug. She only saw them, Her and Crash, kissing for like a prank or something, but this was real. And she liked it.

[Crash Bandicoot]

After a while, Crash broke away, keeping his eyes closed but leaning forwards so his forehead was resting against hers. A small smile lit his face. "Don't scare me like this, Ryden. Cuz I....." He paused for a second before leaning away from her and falling onto his back. He layed on the bathroom floor and just looked up at her upside down, his head resting in her lap. "Care."

[Ryden Hertz]

Ryden bit her lip lightly and looked down at him. "You care about me? Or you care cause of what i'm doing to myself?"

[Crash Bandicoot]

"Both, of course" he muttered, fixing her with a look that screamed 'DUH'. "I don't like what you're doing but you're my best friend first and foremost. Of course I care about you before anything else...So don't scare me, ok?" A light blush rose to his cheeks and at feeling his face getting hot from embarrassment, Crash scowled.

[Ryden Hertz]

Ryden's smile then grew bigger at the sight of Crash's blush. "So, i have a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge question?" She breathed as she longed the word huge. She wanted to know why Crash kissed her. Was it because he was just trying to get to her, or was it that he realllllllly liked her. Like, like like her. As these thoughts were going through her head, she couldn't help but blush. Ryden took her hands and covered her face so that Crash couldn't see her blushing.

[Crash Bandicoot]

Crash stared up at Ryden's face only to see her hands covering it but of course he knew what that meant - what she was trying to ask. He averted his eyes from her, shifting to the side so his head was facing her on her lap. It was because he....liked her. Like, like liked her, right? Yeah. He smirked at the childish expression. Like like.....but...maybe that was more accurate than anything he could have really said. Still, he decided to amuse himself and stared up into her covered face. "Which is...?"

[Ryden Hertz]

"Why did you... uh... you know.. do what you did?" She said through her fingers, still not showing her face.

[Crash Bandicoot]

He looked down unsuredly but then after a while, stared back up into her face. "Because I wanted to show you that I meant what I said. You needed to see that I care..." Crash frowned after that. Was that even true?

[Ryden Hertz]

She didn't move her hands. "Yea.... uh-huh..." Ryden whispered and got up from the bathroom floor, letting Crash's head hit the tiled floor. She walked over to the door. "I'm sure you care," She muttered and swiftly walked out of the crack in the door.

[Crash Bandicoot]

Crash stared in shock at the ceiling. What the hell? He thought he made a breakthrough with her and he was back to square one?! His hands clenched into tight fists. What more could he do? What the hell could he do to show her that he cared......?

He bit the inside of his cheek, his eyes averting to the crack that she'd slipped out of. At this point, the idea that was running through his head was very stupid but he saw no other option. Slowly getting out of the bathroom, Crash made his way to the kitchen and opened the drawer that held the knives. He stared at one, the really big-bladed knife and unsheathed it.

He found Ryden and just stared at her before holding the blade to his wrist. He never thought he'd resort to this but he kind of had no choice. Crash took a deep breath and slid the knife across his wrist. His blood dripped to the floor as he grit his teeth in pain. "You believe me yet?" he grunted, splitting more skin.

[Ryden Hertz]

"DAMNIT CRASH! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!?" Ryden ran over to Crash and snached the knife out of his hand. "How the fuck does cutting yourself show me that you fucking care about me? That's just a fucking stupid fucking idea." Ryden didn't even know what she was thinking. She has never used the word fuck that many times while talking to someone. "Are you a fucking idiot. Like what the fuck? Do you want me to fucking hurt myself even more cause now i have you fucking cutting now? HUH! IS THAT WHAT YOU FUCKING WANT!" Ryden shouted at the top of her lungs and stormed outta of her room.

She couldnt believe Crash would even think that was a good idea. Now she feels even worse cause she cut himself for her. Like, that's not the way to go. "I don't understand his fucking mind. Like does me want me to fucking kill myself. Cause if i got him tocut himself, knowing he doesnt like it will make me even more fucking guilty." She whispered to herself though it looked like she was talking to the wallway wall.

[Crash Bandicoot]

Crash just stared after her in shock, blood dripping down his wrist to pool on the floor. He dropped to his knees, completely lost. He didn't know. He just didn't know how to help her. Obviously, none of his tactics were working. At all. He tried the sincere talk, the tough love, the self-injury, the kiss. Literally nothing was getting through to this girl. And it was the first time that he ever actually thought to pray. So closing his eyes, Crash swallowed the lump in his throat and started....and stopped. He was too distraught to pray. And something was dripping on his fucking face!

Looking up in annoyance, he found that noting was dripping. Frowning in confusion, Crash touched his face, shocked that those were actually his tears. When his lower lip started quivering, he slammed a hand to his mouth to stop it but then his whole body just started shaking with emotion instead. He only allowed himself a brief meltdown before getting up and tending to his own wound. His eyes lowered, the tears still falling. Maybe that hadn't been the best idea. It wasn't like he was gonna start cutting himself now. Hell no. He was just running out of options and was desperate.

After fixing himself up, Crash moved to the hallway where he found Ryden and slowly shook his head. He quickly wiped the tears away but even still, they kept coming. "Look", he growled harsher than intended, yet his voice shook a bit from the tears. "Bottom line? Now you know how the hell I feel. Slitting my wrist wasn't an act to prove that I care about you. It was to make you understand what it feels like to be on the other side. Since nothing else seemed to be working for longer than five minutes, I figured that was as good a plan as any." Crash gingerly held his arm up and examined the wound. The blood wouldn't stop coming. He'd probably have to get stitches. Ugh. Drag.

[Ryden Hertz]

Ryden just looked at him. He was crying. Like really crying. That's all she really needed to see. "You're crying... Crash..." She whispered and walked over to him. She looked at his wound and kissed it lightly.

"I'm going to change, okay? I see how it feels. I see what you are going through. I know you care about me..." She then made him look up at her and smiled lightly. "And you know i care about you.." After letting one tear fall from her eye, she kissed Crash lightly once. She putted away only alittle so she can rest her forehead on his.

[Crash Bandicoot]

Crash stared at her as if in a daze. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and let his forehead lean against hers too. Thank God. He hadn't cried over somebody in over ten years. If that hadn't had any impact, he really didn't know what he'd do and even though it stopped her, his tears refused to stop. He looked up at Ryden and gave her a broken smile. "I with you", he whispered. "Every step of the way." His head slipped to fall on her shoulder.

[Ryden Hertz]

She smiled at his words. "I'm with you, all day, everyday." Ryden rubbed Crash's back lightly. She loved the fact that even though she told him she would stop, he was still very upset and crying. It showed Ryden that Crash wasn't lieing when he said he cared about her.

[Crash Bandicoot]

When he'd calmed down enough ten minutes later, Crash slowly lifted his head off Ryden's shoulders and brushed away the stray tears. They still would not stop. "What the fucking hell? I'm gonna have permanent tracks on my face", Crash said quietly, chuckling. He smiled at Ryden through his tears. "What do I do, huh?"

[Ryden Hertz]

Ryden smirked. "It happens when you cry about someone you care about, You just have to let then stop on their own. Trust me, I know.." She then got up and pulled him up with her. "Come on, let's go do something fun." She smiled and started to run to her room. "Let's go to a club!!!" She said as she ran into her closet..

[Crash Bandicoot]

"Sure", he said a little too quickly. Crash had no trouble agreeing to that, which was strange. But they needed this. They needed to do something fun to take their minds off of everything and a club was a good enough distraction as any. "Rumors ok?" he asked, naming a club that wasn't too far away.

[Ryden Hertz]

She smiled hugely. "YES YES YES!" Ryden then ran around her walk in closet to find something to wear. 'Ahhhhhhhhhhh, i can't find anything!!!" She laughed at her scream and ran her hand through her hair.

[Crash Bandicoot]

Crash laughed in hearing her scream and just surveyed his own clothing. A black t-shirt with shiny blue and silver skulls that looked like they were splatter painted on under a black jacket. Jeans. He shrugged. Good enough. When it got to be twenty minutes waiting for her, Crash rolled his eyes. "Ryden!!!!!!!!!!!" he yelled. "You fall in your closet again?"

[Ryden Hertz]

Ryden took one last look at her outfit. Ablack mini dress with her blood red pumps. "Sexy beast." She smirked to her self and walked out to Crash. "This good enough?"

[Crash Bandicoot]

Looking over her outfit, Crash smirked and shook his head. "Great." He offered his arm to her, nodding to the door. "Let's go." He had to admit, it was a cute outfit. He didn't really wanna fight all the assholes so he hoped he looked intimidating enough that the douches would be discouraged to try and get with Ryden.

[Ryden Hertz]

She smiled big. "This will be funn.." She said sliding her arm through his and started to walk down her steps to the front door.

[Crash Bandicoot]

He smirked, nodding in agreement. "I think so too. I am waaaaaaaaaay overdue to get trashed...." Crash led the way to his car, getting in and cranking up the music.

[Ryden Hertz]

Ryden smirked and got into Crash's car. "PARTY ROCKERS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT!" She shouted out the window with a short laugh afterwards.

[Crash Bandicoot]

Crash rolled his eyes with a smirk. "But I see it takes you only ten seconds to get in touch with your inner drunk." He gave her a quick pat on the cheek before bookin it to Rumors.

[Ryden Hertz]

She laughed. "I can act shit faced... i don't have to be.." Ryden smiled and once Crash parked she got out of the car. Right when she got out, guys just stared at her. She smirekd at them and waved. Their eyes got big, seeing that she noticed them staring and they turned away quickly.

[Crash Bandicoot]

Crash just shook his head. "I'm.....kicking ass tonight", he mumbled before getting out and slamming the door. Once they were inside the club, the pulsating beats of the music reverberated through his chest and a sly smile crossed his face. Just the feeling he was looking for.

He immediately went to a table and grabbed a shot glass, handing one to Ryden. "A toast?" he suggested.

[Ryden Hertz]

"A toast to us." She smirekd and chugged the shot. After he was done with his shot, She kissed him lightly. As she pulled away she saw guys sighing and looking down cause they saw them kiss.

[Crash Bandicoot]

He glanced at all the dejected guys and couldn't help but laugh. But then something else crossed his mind. He grabbed another shot, downed it in one gulp and while the alcohol burned his throat, Crash just raised an eyebrow. "And that was for?" he smirked.