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theuniverseleads) wrote2024-07-11 10:10 pm
theuniverseleads) wrote2024-07-11 10:10 pm
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Is that what you think of me?
I'm not pretending to be interested, Loop.
I really do want to get to know you and understand you more.
And yeah, heard of it, and I'm sure he is, and I probably will check it out sometime but.
That's not what I'm trying to do right now.
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[... it's a little more scrawled and messy there, compared to the slow and deliberate handwriting before it. stars. they take a breath.]
I'm not interested. I'm busy, you can find someone else to entertain you today!
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Sorry. I'll leave you alone.
[ because right after that Isabeau is just closing the book and leaving it at that. ]
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He doesn't write again. Doesn't add anything else, or show up at their door. And why would he? Well? This is what they asked for, isn't it? Good job, Loop! You did it! You chased him off, maybe for good!
They don't feel good about it, though. As much as they dread any sort of conversation with him, knowing it'll always be irrefutably different... turns out pushing him away feels just as bad. They don't want to be hated, can't stand the idea of drifting further and further out of reach... what else are they supposed to do, when everything they do makes them feel awful? Do they just have to live like this forever, pretending everything is fine? Who are they even doing this for??
If he checks again later, he'll find a single dot of ink dropped below his last message, and nothing else.]
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..But it feels worse to leave it at that. Yeah, maybe he's being overbearing, pushing too much, but it feels even worse to not try. Even if he does need some time alone to think. And this is almost enough for him to leave them alone entirely, because yes the hint is taken and he will respect someone's wishes but.
Maybe he did see that dot. Maybe he thinks that there's probably more to it. Maybe he feels that same kind of familiarity in when you try to push people away and. Well, he doesn't reply still, he's respecting that distance. But in the clinic lobby there will be a bag dropped off dedicated to be given to Loop. All that's inside is a warm soft blanket with a note written: "You can keep it, or give it back to me once you've recovered from the clinic. -Isabeau"
That way the option is left with them on what they want to do. ]