'I'll do my best not to treat you like a kid anymore, then,' said Lain seriously, then shattered it with a grin. 'Even though you're frickin' cute.'
'I...I don't wanna be angry at you anymore, hyung...I don't like it.'
For a moment Lain was completely blank, his emotions catching up with his brain. Then he was smothered by a wave of many, many mixed feeling- relief, because it was really unpleasant having a messed up relationship with someone he cared about; guilt, and a healthy dose of self-hatred, for obvious reasons; and foremost, hope. He wanted things to smoothen out between them, too, and go back to normal, and he was glad Tae was willing to try and forgive him. It'd be easier said than done. And maybe when something was broken the cracks would always be visible. But this was a huge leap from where they were just a sentence ago, and there was a part of him that believed that because he wanted it fixed so badly, things could be fixed. For a few seconds he was speechless because he was overwhelmed and he also didn't want to say the wrong thing.
'Thank you, Tae,' he said, and even though his voice was quiet it was strung taut, betraying a hint of how overwhelmed he was. 'And I'm so sorry. I... you'd be completely justified if you were to cut me off for good, but if you want to try to fix this with me... I care about you and about our friendship, and I want to salvage it if I can.' He clasps his hands in his lap nervously, then finally pushes himself to look Tae in the face. 'It's not going to get back to normal overnight, but I'm going to give it all my effort, if you are.'
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Stroctoperry wrote:Because KofK trumps homework, for some reason.
Death Candy wrote:I just realized that "take out" means food, dating, and murder. And if you were a female praying mantis you'd have all three.
Akili Li wrote:People talk about bravery in these super dramatic terms like it only applies to soldiers going to war, but for all that I think true courage is found in the hard every day moments of social interaction and standing up for what you believe in even when it's not life-or-death, when it's instead a matter of approval-or-ostracization among people whose opinions you care about. That's harder, to my mind. That's an ongoing, you have to live with it forever thing, instead of one single moment that's the exception instead of the rule.
First fairy found 28th May 2015
Second fairy found 11th May 2017
Third fairy found 9th Jan 2024
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