2 Jul 2024, 20:50
Lessons on Honesty PT II
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In all honestly, he was hoping for a ‘yes or no’ sort of answer when he asked if she was mad at him. It's not a whole lore. Perhaps calling it lore would be too far-fetched. But not many words needed to be said. The situation was laughably simple. Girl wants boy. Boy only sees girl as a friend. Boy is emotionally unavailable and the girl wants to do the best she can at the expense of her own feelings. It was incredibly annoying that he could understand that all too well. He missed being unable to put himself in shoes like that. And he believed it was solely the familiarity of it all that moved his actions like a puppet. All of a sudden, he thought, ‘perhaps talking isn’t so bad’.
What the heck. Talking. Feelings. Him? Ridiculous.
But he supposed being ‘ridiculous’ was the foundation of his relationship with Bailey. From flirting with her at the quidditch stadium just so she would share her scarf. To get tutoring from her. To kiss her crush just to prove an obvious point. It was discomforting, really. How difficult it was to just decide to ignore her. He already repaid her by helping her realise her feelings for Kim. He didn’t really need to do more, did he?
A single leaf fell on his head for a moment. He took it and twirled it gently between his two fingers. “You do know the thing where they say ‘ don’t think about a pink elephant’, and it only makes people think of it more, right?” he commented, trying to sound casual. As if he couldn’t be bothered if she didn’t react positively. “Alright, you've piqued my interest. What sort of distractions have you tried?” he asked, a tinge of curiosity in his tone as she briefly glanced at her eyes.
@Bailey Glade
13 Jul 2024, 04:31
Lessons on Honesty PT II
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Credit: @Damion White
Bailey, unsure if she wanted to be thinking about Kim but unable to NOT think about him, let out a soft sigh. She wanted to DO something, but didn’t know what. Bailey did feel better now that she had admitted that she wasn’t mad at Hana.
She heard a leaf crinkle, and turned to see Hana twirling one between two fingers. He mentioned a pink elephant, and the idea that if someone says don’t think about this really specific thing (or person) then you’re automatically going to think about. Bailey nodded, seeing the wisdom behind his words, despite his casual facade.
“maybe you should have been the one tutoring me” she jested, a small sly smile finding a place on her face, though it dropped when Hana inquired about her methods of getting him off her mind.
Groaning slightly, a frown replacing her sly smile she said “besides the normal things- studying for school, studying things I find interesting, training sometimes, running the fifty bajillion clubs I have - most of which Kim is VP of - nothing much else, unless you count reading and writing and cuddling twinkle and journaling…… dude I think I need to hang out with friends….. maybe I’m just really lonely…. Who would have thought?!”
Letting out a slightly self deprecating laugh, Bailey said “really, who would have thought one of the most well known or friendliest people here is lonely?!”
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Date January 21st 2023
ReducioSorry for it being so shortI feel like I might have strayed from our original plan… but I cannot remember what said plan was…
If you want me to change anything lmk and I’ll make edits
we are all born beautiful. it is a tragedy we are convinced that we are not”
iNPC: Lloyd Matthews Thomas
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