2019-08-08 - I'm Not Okay

"Irvriya!" comes the sound of a worried baritone and the slamming of a door before feet beat up the stairs. "You better be here and you better be in one piece!" Ciprian calls out as he looks around the apartment.

"In the bathroom, got grazed is all. You have any holes in you, Ahi?" Minerva calls to her brother. She was leaned over the sink and taking out buckshot with tweezers. There was a bottle of rum on the counter as well as a few other things.

The look on her brothers face is priceless when he rounds the corner to the bathroom, "For fucks sake Irv why can't you just go to a hospital?" he asks her as he reaches for one of the gauze pads that's been ripped open. "You're such a pain in my ass, you know that?" he asks her as he looks to the wound. "Always getting into this weird shit." he frowns down at her.

"I'm alive. Scars are scars. We both know that." Min states as she picks the last little bit of buckshot out of her shoulder. "Something wasn't right. Billy was so angry. I could feel it even though it wasn't really him. The Sheriff probably fucked him over and that's why he's not resting." she frowns. "It's a guess...but my guess is he's not going away until something is fixed." she frowns to that. She takes the gauze from Ciprian and presses it to the wound as blood runs down. "I can't hold enough pressure...you mind?" she asks him as she points at the pad.

Ciprian snorts and reaches out to flatten a palm against the wound and presses hard, "Sure. I can pay you back a little for being a pain." he chuckles. "And I'm not sure what you saw, sis. But it all felt weird. And I'm honestly not wanting to get into any deeper shit with a ghost." he tells her with a shake of his head. "I've got work and things. Too much to deal with." he adds.

Minerva punches her brother lightly in the shoulder when he presses in hard, "Ouch!" she grumps. Maybe she deserved it. "I know you've got an actual semi normal life. I envy that." she whispers to him. "How is Ashira doing? I know she's been upset about you and her mother getting separated." she frowns.

"Don't envy it too much. I still have to deal with mom and dad saying I need to find a new wife and get back to things. Or repair the relationship with Harriet. But, that's not happening. Too much...baggage." he frowns. "And how is your love life? While you're asking about mine." he muses. "And Ashira is alright. She wanted to come stay with you for a few days sometime if that's alright? I think she misses her Aunt Irv." he smiles to that.

"I don't really have a love life, kind of hard to when I fuck up everything and ask too many questions or just...think too much." Minerva admits. "I did ask someone to coffee when I'm back from vacation, but it's just coffee." she tells him. Then she smiles brightly, "Yes, she can come stay with me and I'll let her play with the spiders and plants." she grins to that.

Things are quiet for a bit as they patch the wound and contemplate in silence. But Minerva looks to him, "He's back." she tells her brother. Ciprian tenses and there's a look to her, "Are you okay?" he asks her gently.

For Minerva it feels like a wall crashing down and she shakes her head, "No, I'm not okay." she tells him as she starts to cry. "And I'm sorry that there's so much bad shit, but I don't know what to do." she sobs. Her brother pulls her into a hug and slides down the wall of the bathroom to let her cry it out. "You'll be alright. You've just got to keep your head on straight Irv." he whispers to her.