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The Villain and Her Hero

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I’ll be the villain that absorbs the evils that resides in you so you can be the hero that you’ve always wanted to be.

I don’t mind, I chose this path. Isn’t that what they say to make the mood a bit less grey?

I’ll no longer console you and I’ll no longer wrap you in some tight embrace, instead I’ll smirk and snicker in your face.

I’ll be the pessimistic one, always putting you down and doubting your skills. And as the hero, you’ll prove me wrong and you’ll get the applause that you always wanted and deserved so much. You will foil my plans and save the beautiful damsel in distress and reap the rewards of it all.

And I’ll stand back, my hands cuffed behind my back or my face shrouded in darkness because of the humility. And I’ll narrow my eyes on you and spit when I see your face and curse when I hear your name. I’ll plot against you and make sure your victories become numbered and your face a mere remembrance of once was.

And so we dance this dangerous dance. A dance that was once made for two lovers and now danced by false enemies. But you don’t show and I realize that your attention was set upon other, more important things. And so I wait, two seconds out of your time turns to zero. So our game grows as my hatred takes root in my heart and infects my body, black washing out red as my veins turn.

But you don’t like that, this new real threat.

But isn’t this what you wanted?

But didn’t you want to be the hero?

But you’re so happy and that’s all I want.


And so I’ll be the villain that feeds the crowds and boosts you to higher elevations in their eyes. And you’ll be the hero that wasn’t able to save the one soul you truly wished to save.
And you look me in the eyes and state with so much sorrow as you cuff my face in your hands, "but I didn't ask for you to do this." And with just as much hatred as I have love I respond, "but every great hero needs that villain."
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Sereida-Arts's avatar
This is so amazing! Such few words but you tell such a complete and complex story I feel as if I have read a whole book, loved it!