[Kel had managed to grab the collar of Sunny’s shirt. And, thankfully for them both, Sunny didn’t end up smacking his friend with his own flailing limbs. Even if it wouldn’t hurt that badly. Pain had blinded him (quite literally) to the point of not knowing whether a friend or foe was reaching out to him. Maybe it was another specter, maybe it was something come to finally punish him…]
[The teen’s head broke the surface of the water. He breathed in air - never mind the fact he didn’t need it, all of his reactions were instinctual right now - coughing from exertion. Blinking water out of his singular gaze, grateful for the pain ebbing to a low thrum, then… nothing.]
K-Kel…?
[He still couldn’t be sure it was his friend. What if his mind was playing tricks on him? He didn’t deserve a friendly face here, didn’t deserve to be rescued, he should have just let the water take him… but he couldn’t - wouldn’t - say that out loud to the other teen.]
CW: low self-esteem, suicidal ideation
Even if it wouldn’t hurt that badly.Pain had blinded him (quite literally) to the point of not knowing whether a friend or foe was reaching out to him. Maybe it was another specter, maybe it was something come to finally punish him…][The teen’s head broke the surface of the water. He breathed in air - never mind the fact he didn’t need it, all of his reactions were instinctual right now - coughing from exertion. Blinking water out of his singular gaze, grateful for the pain ebbing to a low thrum, then… nothing.]
K-Kel…?
[He still couldn’t be sure it was his friend. What if his mind was playing tricks on him? He didn’t deserve a friendly face here, didn’t deserve to be rescued, he should have just let the water take him… but he couldn’t - wouldn’t - say that out loud to the other teen.]