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Connor looked at her. "I want you to know that I will be supporting you. I mean if you want me there that is." He looked at her as she came over to him and took his hand in hers. "I'm alright. It doesn't hurt." He looked into her violet eyes as she fussed over his scar and offered to make him a potion to heal it. He looked down at their hands and everything he'd learned came washing over him all at once. He'd become someone he wasn't proud of and that person had to go away. "No Kurumi. I appreciate the offer and the gesture, but I need to keep this scar. It will remind me not to go blindly and wildly into whatever my heart tells me. It will remind me to think before I act and it will remind me that my actions have consequences that usually hurt others, and myself. I don't want to be the person that scares you or anyone else anymore." He looked up at her and Hugged her briefly. "I want to say thank you. Thank you for caring for me and for helping me discover the kind of person I want to be. You're my friend and that means everything to me. I know now just how unreasonable I have been for asking you for something you're not ready for." He looked back into her eyes. "I've learned that if it's meant to be it will be and if it's not, it won't and I accept that."
It felt odd for him to be able to say all of that to her with no tears, no other gestures of affection, just that one brief hug between friends. His veela scent had remained level and everything. It felt good to be able to tell her what was on his heart and not be going crazy with an obsession that was never going to be returned.
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Why wouldn't I want you there?" she asked looking up from her through inspection of his hand. "
Well, I actually rather no one was there to see me fall off my broom." But, the sport being what it was, she knew that would be impossible. Hopefully she didn't get hit in the head with a bludger or something.
She squeezed his hand gently once more. She was a bit taken aback by his revelation once more. She wished that she had been able to figures thing out that quickly. It had taken her a year to figure out that she liked Adam, half a year to realize that she didn't need to live with the memory of him, and now she was back to stage one figuring out who she was. Although, she had had some help in the library. Her cheeks flushed a deep rosy pink.
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Um...thank you..." she managed to mumble. Was it hot in the corridor? Or perhaps it was just her? Maybe her injuries were getting to her. She had been out and about probably a bit more than was suggested. "
You don't have to be so serious all the time you know," she said after a few moments. "
You should really just enjoy the now. That's what I have been trying to do...although...Quidditch makes me fear for my immediate future..."