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 Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 7:36 pm
It was not a surprising admission. Chance's weapon dissipated, and he folded his arms across his knees and watched Maebe silently. Asher thrummed quietly, a gentle cold seeping through his thoughts.
"For...me?" he asked her, and again, there was no anger in his voice, only a quiet desire to understand. "For him leaving you?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:05 pm
She didn't want to talk about it. She didn't want to talk to him about it. She didn't want to admit that she still couldn't accept that she wasn't good enough, she wasn't right enough, she wasn't something, and it had been her only chance, her only chance - "I don't know." She muttered, letting the frustration cloud her voice with anger. "I don't know, okay. Maybe I'm not really mad at him. I thought I was fine. I should be fine." But she wasn't fine. And she knew, deep down, it wasn't because of Otto. She flickered her eyes at Chance for a moment, before rolling them and turning away. "Not that I don't appreciate the sentiment, but, this isn't really the kind of conversation I'm looking to get into with you, dear. No offense, you can understand why." Of all the people to have cracked under. God, Maebe, she scolded herself. You're the biggest idiot.
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:23 pm
Her frustration was similar to the frustration that Otto had shown, back when he'd paced his bedroom, angry at the world, confused and lost. Answers to questions that she didn't want answered, or couldn't answer, or knew and just wished weren't true. Chance's eyes flickered over Maebe's face, catching the roll of them before she turned her head away.
"I understand," he said with a small nod, and straightened, his knees a little stiff from crouching for so long. Chance ran his fingers through his hair and exhaled a small breath.
"But for the record, Maebe...I kept my promise to you."
His voice was quiet. "I didn't take him away from you."
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:46 pm
There was a second or two of silence when she let his words sink in, followed by a small, tight little burst of laughter. Her eyes refused to meet his, but they got as close as she dared, by staring directly at his chest. "You didn't have to." She muttered, unnecessary venom sneaking into the sound of her voice. "He took himself away long before you came along. I just never wanted to accept it." Her eyes finally lifted, meeting his. Chance had done nothing wrong, and yet, he stood for everything that hurt her. She should have known better than to think she could just ignore that. "I wasn't built for love, you know." She admitted, the tears finally falling down her cheeks. "But it was nice to forget that. For a little while."
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 5:26 pm
His dark eyes were on the top of her head, Maebe's own somewhere on the vicinity of his torso. The tone of her voice was something much sharper than he was used to, something dragged out from buried within her, and Chance just stood still in front of her, completely silent.
I wasn't built for love, you know.
He gave a slow nod, of understanding or of acknowledgement, or perhaps both. Chance's gaze flickered as he watched her.
"I'm sorry," he said quietly, the apology for the things he had not committed falling out anyway, in spite of the fact that he had nothing to be sorry for. But it was there anyway, and he meant it, Maebe's tear stained face hovering in his line of vision.
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 7:20 pm
"Yeah." She huffed out in a weak chuckle, as she started to push herself up. "I know. I know, everybody's sorry, nobody meant anything wrong, everything will be okay one day, so on, so on." She stood up, and just started walking away. "Good fight. Thanks for trying to help distract me." Not that it had worked, but. "Let's do it again some time." It was easy to sound like she wasn't still upset, when she was turned away, walking away, running away. She rubbed her eyes hard to get all of the tears out, and never looked back.
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