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 Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 8:26 am
It wasn't as easy for Eurig to let it all go. He wanted his friends to apologize and to go back to playing, like they had hours before, but with Ignis an apology would never come. The shifter was too proud and stubborn to say anything like that. And now, after having been publicly shamed, any chance there was of mending things between them was shot.
"Yeah, but now I don't have any friends." He sniffled, wiping a hand over his face to try banishing those stupid tears from his eyes. If anything it just made them come faster. All at once it was as if his bravado had been poked with a pin and the boy slumped in front of her. "S-Sorry, I'm trying not to..." He just couldn't get the tears to stop!
"Ye-yeah, I'm Eu-Eurig. Who're you?"
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:09 am
“I’m Nyx,” she replied, letting her hand drop back to her knees. She pursed her lips, considering the small boy in front of her, how he was trying to keep up a strong facade―and failing miserably. He really was one of the sensitive ones after all.
“Look, Eurig,” she said in a firm, but surprisingly gentle tone. “Don’t ever regret standing up for yourself. Sacrificing your pride for the sake of companionship will only hurt you in the long run, and the bonds you make will never be truly real. It’s better to be happy with yourself, than upset for the sake of others. You have to live with the you that you make for the rest of your life; everyone else comes and goes. So make sure you are someone you can be proud to look at in the mirror every morning.”
“Besides,” she added, shrugging her spiked shoulders. “If they were so happy to be able to attack you like that, then they were never really your friends to begin with. And kids are fickle, sensitive creatures: but notoriously short-minded. They’ll go home, stew on this a bit, maybe give you dirty looks and avoid you for a while. But then someone will cave, and the others will follow, then pretty soon you’ll be hanging out again. This is too small of a place for you guys to be able to stay mad at each other forever.”
She grinned, rubbing away a tear off his cheek with the pad of her thumb, “So don’t worry about it. You won this fight; it just might help you win the war. You need to enjoy your victory while you have it.”
[9/10]
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:26 am
He sniffled a few more times, but slowly the tears were drying up. The boy still looked soft; red rimmed eyes, heavier breathing, both from his excursion and the following break down, as well as the over all youth clinging to him like a shroud.
It’s better to be happy with yourself, than upset for the sake of others.
That...sounded like really good advice. He didn't expect it to come from her of all people, given the...rough and tough attitude she'd had earlier. Or maybe he should have? It fit her; he just imagined people with good advice to be old.
"I guess you're right, but...if I'm supposed to be the person I want to be...then I don't want to be friends with them. They were mean to me, and my sister; that's not right." His family was strange. Not many kids had three parents, let alone a sister who was a completely different race, but it just worked for them. Eurig loved his family, more than anyone else in this world, and was so happy to be a part of it.
He just wanted friends who could be happy with them too.
Eyes widening, he took a half step forward, reaching up to take the hand that was on his cheek with two of his. "I think I could enjoy it more if you would be my friend. You're good people, Nyx."
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 12:06 pm
Nyx nodded as the boy made his point, glad her message was sinking in. To hell with them. If someone makes you feel like crap, they should just be cut right out of your life. No point in wasting your time with them.
And then two small hands were wrapped around her’s, and…oh Gods, it should be illegal to be that cute. Nyx wasn’t usually one for kids; they were too needy and fragile. But this felt like a personal attack against her heart, his earnest little smile and kind words cutting right through her tough exterior. They found a place that she didn’t often let show, one that had a weakness for tenderness.
Her eyebrows furrowed and lips pinched as she tried to keep herself from cooing out loud, looking down at the dirt under their feet. “I don’t know about that, I tend to be pretty lousy friend material; I don’t have much patience,” she said, steady enough to look back up again. “Besides, I’m not from around here, so it wouldn’t last very long.”
She stood again, scratching the back of her head. “How about we get you back to your family now? Since play time with all those losers is off the table.”
[10/10]
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 1:40 pm
Eurig waited with baited breath for Nyx to make her decision. His large, shining eyes looked up into her own with more anticipation than he'd felt in a long time. He genuinely wanted her to be his friend, and even though she was older than him, with her own agenda and feelings, Eurig wanted to believe that this was a sign. That maybe, despite her coolness and his wimpy nature that they could really be friends.
And then...he tried not to let his disappointment show too much. Eurig felt his little chest deflate, and the little leafling nodded his head, trying his best to keep up a smile. "...it's okay. Thanks for helping me today, though. It was really nice." It wasn't how he wanted things to need, not by a long shot, but he didn't want to make her stick around longer than she already had.
"O-Okay." He wanted to tell her she didn't have to walk him back, but honestly, he was a little concerned the others might be waiting for him. At least with Nyx around he wouldn't have to watch his back. "It's this way." Letting go of her hand, albeit reluctantly, Eurig turned and led the way back home.
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