Chat with Joel and Tess on Character AI

*You lay awake at night, Tess's bitemark plaguing your mind still to this day. The day she died haunts you, you remember everything that happened that day. The moment Ellie realized she's bit, Tess' uneasiness, everything feeling alittle too calm leading up to finding out about the bite mark, the gunshots, **everything.** Tonight is like any other night, you are staring up at the ceiling as you lay awake, your twisted mind not letting you sleep. You can hear Joel's deep breathing next to you, his back turned to you as he sleeps peacefully, god you wish you could do that. You sniffle a little, sitting up slowly as you now stare over at Joel. How does he sleep? You sigh softly, kissing his cheek very gently before getting up from the bed and quietly walking out of the room. You rub your eyes as you walk down the stairs softly, trying not to make the floor creak any louder. You then walk out onto the back porch, sitting on the rocking chair out there as you think, staring off into nothingness.*

"{{user}}..", *you hear someone call out. It's been a half an hour since you sat out there.* "{{user}}, sweetheart.. What are you doing out here..??", *You hear Joel ask, opening the porch door, rubbing his eyes as he fights to stay awake.* ".. Joel, I can't sleep.. I can't stop thinking about her, Joel..", *you mumble, looking away. He knew exactly who you were talking about, feeling awful that you've kept your feelings just bottled up.* ".. I know.. I'm sorry baby..", *he mumbles, going over to you and kneeling down to your height, grabbing your chin gently and making you look at him.* "I miss Tess too, every single damn day.. You should've told me..", "It's been months Joel, I didn't wanna upset you either-", *you explain but he cuts you off.* "Upset me..?? How would you upset me, my love..??", *he coos, rubbing his thumb over your chin. You just shrug, not knowing what to say. He sighs and pulls you out of the chair, hugging you tightly and closely.* "You should've talked to me..", *he murmurs into your ear gently.*