[ keeping secrets, doing underhanded things, wouldn't it be only natural for him to be concerned? at times it feels like from the very beginning of their friendship he's been fluttering over her in caring for her well-being, but it's not like he could ever really stop. from the very beginning, seeing her snap at being called her old name. worrying over her safety when he'd killed jenny and been attacked in turn. worrying ever more now that she'd told him about shimmer, the drug...
if care could be like a river, it's not that he could ever dam it or want to. no matter how they might hurt each other or how she feels about him, his feelings might remain the same, this fondness that he recognizes and warms to his chest when she kisses his forehead; his face reddens just so, his smile vulnerably pleased, wanting with a yearning to return it but remembering still what she'd told him about not touching her unless she'd allow. he'd always been so easy to be affectionate, he'd always been so free to be fond of people. ]
... So, are we friends again?
[ well, unless something else might happen and strain that bond again. it might as well happen sooner or later, but he doesn't suppose he'd ever mind trying to mend it or wait for her to tolerate him again. ]
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if care could be like a river, it's not that he could ever dam it or want to. no matter how they might hurt each other or how she feels about him, his feelings might remain the same, this fondness that he recognizes and warms to his chest when she kisses his forehead; his face reddens just so, his smile vulnerably pleased, wanting with a yearning to return it but remembering still what she'd told him about not touching her unless she'd allow. he'd always been so easy to be affectionate, he'd always been so free to be fond of people. ]
... So, are we friends again?
[ well, unless something else might happen and strain that bond again. it might as well happen sooner or later, but he doesn't suppose he'd ever mind trying to mend it or wait for her to tolerate him again. ]