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Mad Eye Touz 
Ughhhhh. Neptune whined, "Jaaaake..... why is it you got so mad at me for giving you a present, but when I REALLY do something heinous and awful, you tell me... it's okay? You should HATE me. I would!"
And kind of did a little bit in that moment. "PEOPLE may be mean to each other, but your girlfriend shouldn't..." Shouldn't. "And and... I don't feel sorry. Guilty, but not sorry. You KEEP saying YOU'RE sorry." Neptune couldn't even get ONE out.
Though, she did pause consider how she held up to other girls. He DID have a point there: comparatively speaking, she was fantastic. Other girls were even worse than Neptune was. They were EVIL. At least Neptune had a conscience and guilt and a heart.
"Oh..." he was crying? It was one thing for Neptune to cry - she cried all the time. But JAKE. Ugh. She snuggled up to his side and offered him her slightly used handkerchief. "It's never you. Except when you hated my gift. That was you. But all the rest... all the rest... you're LEAVING here, Jake. And you're the ONLY person..." that ... bothered showing her the attention she craved and caring she NEEDED.
"Because I'm a bloody idiot, Tune," Jake smiled lightly. "I think I was just sensitive that day. I wouldn't have been so ungrateful if I hadn't been having such a low time. As for hating you..." he shook his head in utter disbelief. "I could never do that. I only 'hate' very few people." Marie Salazar and Josh Carter being high on that particular list. "And I think that's just a strong dislike."
VERY strong.
Anyway, yes... he didn't really expect Neptune to feel sorry, so he hadn't even brought that up. The guilt he knew about, because she'd SAID it and all. "Well... I will apologise if I feel like I should, Neptune. I felt I had to... but I'll stop if, you know... you understand that it's true."
Frequently apologising when he felt he'd done something wrong was something Jake always did and apparently couldn't help. Sometimes he even apologised for apologising. Nightmare.
Jake snuggled slightly up to Neptune and held his hand up to the handkerchief. Erm. No. He had enough snot over him. "I won't be gone all the time. I can be down at the village for Hogsmeade weekends if you want. Believe me, leaving here isn't something I'm looking forward to myself. You have other friends here, surely. I refuse to believe you don't. Plus, you get Dale next year, and he's like a hundred friends." The thickness of Jake's voice kind of went away as he composed himself. "I might even get a set of those two way mirrors this summer."
He gave a little sigh and wrapped an arm around Neptune's shoulder. "I just want you to be happy, whatever the situation. Can't bear to see you so sad."