kingdomdressing | (no subject)

Entry tags:

future kids,
oc

(no subject)

[Anyone walking down this hall may hear some pained noises from behind the cracked door. It leads to a bathroom with an exhausted-looking Austin inside trying to change his bandages albeit shakily. His wounds are exposed- multiple horizontal indentations of missing skin tissue and muscle across his torso and upper arms.]

[ooc: Thanks to this, he's in the process of healing. But he's still got other things on his mind.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

My pride?

[He breathes a slightly bitter laugh.]

...

[She has no witty comeback for that, so she just finishes him off with one more Cura.]

[He remains still and staring at the floor even when she finishes.]

[Hugs him gently enough so he won't get hurt, sighing.]

Just be careful next time.

[He hugs her close, resting his head against her.]

I need to talk to you about something.

[Pulls away to look at him.]

... huh?

I've been thinking a lot about it... and.

[He suddenly stops.]

Wait. This isn't right. This isn't the place.

What are you talking about?

[So confused.]

U-Uh... man, I'm so bad at this.

[He stands, taking her hand, and leads the way out of the bathroom.]

Just... follow me.

[Just follows, blinking at him.]

[He leads her down the hall a bit, into a different room, peeking in before grinning.]

This is it.

[He tugs her inside the door, an outside room with a big starry sky and a blanket lying there at the top of the hill.]

... are you sure you didn't get head injuries?

If anything, it helped clear my head a bit.

[He sits her down on the blanket, scratching his head a bit sheepishly.]

I can't tell. I hope you start making sense soon.

[Just staring. Wtf are you doin'.]

It's about what you were saying before... I don't want you to stay in our room for the wrong reasons. So... I want to give you the choice.

[He looks down, frowning.]

But first I need to be honest with you.

... what do you mean?

I'm not completely oblivious. I know how you feel and I'm sorry I've been ignoring it for this long.

[He lets out a long sigh.]

I just... I didn't know how to deal with... everything.

-- you--

[She wants to deny the accusation of having feelings for him at first, but the thought dies when she realizes the he he was aware of it and he never even at least given her a hint about it. She's been acting like an idiot, nipping it in the bud borderline of painful because she thought he was honestly oblivious and--]

- you knew all this time?

[o-ouch.]

Not quite. I mean, I got the idea every now and then and I hoped, but I didn't want to say anything and make things awkward between us. I was too afraid of losing what we had... but.

I see that I'm going to lose it anyways if I can't suck it up and tell you how I feel too.

[S-so basically, they've been dancing around this subject and avoiding it. F-facepalms. But looks at him at the second part.]

... is this about what I told you about me moving out?

Partially.

[He takes a deep breath.]

I love you. And I always have. But I loved someone else too. And I didn't think it was fair to you for me to be with you when I still hadn't moved on.

...................

[Just. Staring.]

But. This whole situation with Uncle Riku's gemini made me realize that I can't keep sitting around waiting to heal. I need to move on with my life because who even knows how long I have.

[He looks her in the eyes now.]

So, I'm asking you now. If you really do feel the same, then say yes. If not, then you can move out and we both can keep being just friends.

[Not the most romantic thing in the world, but hey.]

[She's quiet at that. This is. Something she has never even considered happening. She was so convinced that it was hopeless that this is leaving her confused.]

[He sits patiently for about 5 seconds before groaning and falling backwards.]

Oh no... I was wrong wasn't I? Now things are going to be awkward between us and it's all my fault.