[Rin waited for Makoto's next text with bated breath. He was entirely confident that he'd convinced his gentle friend to talk. When the boy's texts did come, Rin's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. He'd clearly overestimated the other's courage. Of course it wasn't easy to talk about crushes or desires or connections that felt more real than anything else. Rin wouldn't have dreamed of ever sharing his own musings over how so-and-so made his chest feel.
But Makoto had already broached the subject. He'd gone through all the mental preparation required to send that first text - there was a chink in the great knight's armor. It just needed a little push, just needed the right words to break through.
Too bad Rin wasn't ever good with words. He sat and stared at his phone for a long moment, smirk now faded into a look of frustrated concentration. As if he were stuck on a particularly tough homework problem.]
You were the one who wanted to talk about it.
Just do it like a band-aid. Rip it off. Send the text and then put your phone down if you have to.
[Rin was doing his best to be gentle, but the boy's patience was wearing thin even as he typed the first two messages. He could see the passive responses now, and decided to up the ante before that even happened.]
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Date: 13 Oct 2014 09:42 (UTC)But Makoto had already broached the subject. He'd gone through all the mental preparation required to send that first text - there was a chink in the great knight's armor. It just needed a little push, just needed the right words to break through.
Too bad Rin wasn't ever good with words. He sat and stared at his phone for a long moment, smirk now faded into a look of frustrated concentration. As if he were stuck on a particularly tough homework problem.]
You were the one who wanted to talk about it.
Just do it like a band-aid. Rip it off. Send the text and then put your phone down if you have to.
[Rin was doing his best to be gentle, but the boy's patience was wearing thin even as he typed the first two messages. He could see the passive responses now, and decided to up the ante before that even happened.]
Or do I need to come over there?