[There it is, quick as a flash: I'm going to kick his ass.
Already Baren's wondering what deals he can make. Chuuya might take issue with beating up a teenager but at least giving his ass a good kick into a body of water, maybe. Fawkes doesn't seem like the type who'd be aggressive to a stranger but maybe he can be convinced into growing some poison ivy and leaving it around Leo's stuff. If all else fails, what if Carly just sends him straight to Group Three—
None of that is what Futaba needs to know.
Instead he just speaks softly, continues to try to exude patience through the phone.]
—that's his mistake.
You know you're perfect, right? And boys are dumb.
[He means it, of course - but he leaves room for her to say what she wants. So long as she knows that there's no way in hell that this was her fault.
[ Sadness is quickly slipping into anger and it bursts out of her uncharacteristically. Futaba sniffs, ignoring the stray tears that sneak out and grips the phone harder. ]
Why don’t they just talk about things, ever??
[ She just wanted him to talk to her, why was that so hard? If it had been something she’d done… something she said… ]
[ - well, it's not like she's wrong. Baren listens and tries to pretend that it's not like he's done the same thing before. He's pretty sure that the first time he broke up with Chuuya was because he didn't talk to him?]
[ Eventually, she'll discover it's a universal problem and scowl in disgust at all the men in her life for being this way. Communication is important you guys!!!!! Drama TV is actually right on this one thing!!! ]
Tighter than a shell!
[ If she hadn't been so upset she'd be even more worried than before she'd gone to confront him. Something's clearly up and now it's taken her down with it. ]
.... maybe there's just something he didn't want to share with you. [and he's quick to add - ] Which isn't your fault, and still isn't fair to you.
[but he'd done it before. with Chuuya. the sudden shift in behavior, entirely for the purpose of blocking someone out. to breed resentment as a barrier.]
But you know how guys shut down once they're uncomfortable, you know? "Can't show weakness or I'll lose my man card" or something.
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Date: 2018-02-14 05:43 am (UTC)Already Baren's wondering what deals he can make. Chuuya might take issue with beating up a teenager but at least giving his ass a good kick into a body of water, maybe. Fawkes doesn't seem like the type who'd be aggressive to a stranger but maybe he can be convinced into growing some poison ivy and leaving it around Leo's stuff. If all else fails, what if Carly just sends him straight to Group Three—
None of that is what Futaba needs to know.
Instead he just speaks softly, continues to try to exude patience through the phone.]
—that's his mistake.
You know you're perfect, right? And boys are dumb.
[He means it, of course - but he leaves room for her to say what she wants. So long as she knows that there's no way in hell that this was her fault.
He doesn't need the whole story to know that.]
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Date: 2018-02-15 03:05 am (UTC)[ Sadness is quickly slipping into anger and it bursts out of her uncharacteristically. Futaba sniffs, ignoring the stray tears that sneak out and grips the phone harder. ]
Why don’t they just talk about things, ever??
[ She just wanted him to talk to her, why was that so hard? If it had been something she’d done… something she said… ]
I just wanted to know why.
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Date: 2018-02-19 12:28 am (UTC)And he clamped up, huh.
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Date: 2018-02-21 03:27 am (UTC)Tighter than a shell!
[ If she hadn't been so upset she'd be even more worried than before she'd gone to confront him. Something's clearly up and now it's taken her down with it. ]
And he was being so weird about it.
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Date: 2018-02-23 01:56 am (UTC)Weird how?
[look, he'll just let her vent. that sounds like a start, if nothing else.]
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Date: 2018-03-03 12:25 am (UTC)Ugh.
[ she grumbles in the meantime, chewing over his behavior ]
He was....definitely avoiding me? It was like talking to a wall!! Like he was replaced with a pod person and didn't fully assimilate.
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Date: 2018-03-04 07:41 pm (UTC)[but he'd done it before. with Chuuya. the sudden shift in behavior, entirely for the purpose of blocking someone out. to breed resentment as a barrier.]
But you know how guys shut down once they're uncomfortable, you know? "Can't show weakness or I'll lose my man card" or something.
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Date: 2018-03-10 07:47 am (UTC)I wish he said that then. I would have taken a 'hey I just got news I need to deal with, bbl'.
[ she wouldn't have liked it but it's the idea that counts, right? ]
It'd be so much easier for everybody if communication was manly. [ why are you all like this ] Even if it was just a text message!!
[ AUGH ]
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Date: 2018-03-13 01:46 am (UTC)Still dumb, still unfair - but maybe that.
[if he could hazard a guess. just as someone who also fails at communication at key moments in a relationship]