[ Her fingers squeeze around your hand in response to that, and then she's backing off and giving you room out of years and years of respect.
If this were her and Hikaru she'd coax the feelings out, offer that no one need ever know that the exchange ever happened and then feed him whatever she had on hand. You aren't Hikaru though, and she confesses she's not sure if gentle and soothing words are the right thing to use because gentle and soothing are not your modus operandi.
So the blunt route it is. And if it all goes south, well, she will hold to the friendship that's grown between you both. ]
He's marrying someone else, Alistair. I think that's a pretty reasonable thing to not be okay about.
[ For the life of her, the method of coping might change, but it seems like the standard trend among you Kings is that you all don't deserve good things. ]
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If this were her and Hikaru she'd coax the feelings out, offer that no one need ever know that the exchange ever happened and then feed him whatever she had on hand. You aren't Hikaru though, and she confesses she's not sure if gentle and soothing words are the right thing to use because gentle and soothing are not your modus operandi.
So the blunt route it is. And if it all goes south, well, she will hold to the friendship that's grown between you both. ]
He's marrying someone else, Alistair. I think that's a pretty reasonable thing to not be okay about.
[ For the life of her, the method of coping might change, but it seems like the standard trend among you Kings is that you all don't deserve good things. ]