Forsaken
"I um, I lost a large portion of my eyesight seven months ago... I can't work in a store without being able to see."
"Oh," Blue mumbles with clear surprise and pity.
I hadn't told him for this very reason; I'd enjoyed the few minutes I spent in the store, his ignorance lending itself to a simple bliss I enjoyed of being treated like a normal person. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay," I reply with a smile before looking down at my twisting fingers, my skin paling from the applied force there. Silence hung between us after that. I part my lips in preparation of making an excuse to escape, but Blue gets up and heads to the back room without another word.