[ - 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: 2018-02-19 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]