Juniper allowed herself to be carried. She was far too defeated to get up on her own volition and far too ashamed to return to headquarters in her current state. If she did return Krause would see and then it would be over for Kuram and his career as scythe. She withered at his touch, but she couldn't bring her heart to hate him.<br/><br/>It's the monster. It's the monster. It's the monster.<br/><br/>Her loving boyfriend would have never hurt her on purpose. She buried her tear-stained face against his chest, sobbing quietly until they reached his apartment. Kuram deposited her onto the couch and tucked her in, but even cocooned in soft sheets, all she could think of was the pain radiating from her torn innocence.<br/><br/>She could still feel him, the distinct pain of him slamming his manhood inside her and pushing and pushing until her inner walls burned from the friction. It was like being torn by a hot fire poker from the inside and Juniper wondered if guts could bruise. And then there was the rush of heat as he found his pleasure inside her.<br/><br/>Distress returned to her features and she sat up, drawing the covers around her shivering frame. "Can you... can you go to the pharmacy, and..." Her voice quivered with each word. Pick up plan B please." Her face burned as she said it, the shame as clear as her stained thighs.<br/><br/>She nodded silently to his offer of taking a shower, but didn't move from the couch until Kuram had stepped away. She spent a long time in her boyfriend's bathroom, watching absentmindfully and fearfully as blood and black goop washed down the drain, by the time she was done, Kuram ought to have returned from his own errand.<br/><br/>"Did you get it?" She asked as she emerged in a borrowed T shirt and sweatpants.<br/><br/>She would take the medicine after and then insist that it was time for her to go. If Kuram tried to get her to stay, she would fight back tears and leave anyway.<br/><br/>After that, Juniper stopped showing up for Scythe duty for one whole weeks.<br/><br/>-------------<br/><br/>A week later, on a nondescript afternoon, Juniper returned to headquarters. She was different, less cheerful, and Klause noticed that she seemed to shrink away every time, she locked eyes with Kuram. They were having a meeting and Juniper had chosen the seat furthest away from their newest member.<br/><br/>"So, I'd love to focus on more important matters," Klause's voice was gruff as he gave Kuram an accusatory glare. "But is anything weird going on between you? We can't have in fighting here. And Juni, you were gone for awhile, what happened?"<br/><br/>"I was just sick Klause."<br/><br/>He nodded, frowning at the tense air that had fallen over their meeting room.