SPOILER!!: Benji’s favorite person
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Originally Posted by
Erindipity 
He hadn't hugged her back immediately... what did that mean? Was he repulsed by her? It did look as though he may very well barf his guts out at any moment...
Oh for the love of all things Merlinian! Penny Goodman had just hugged a boy and he was clearly not too happy about it. Her anxiety was kicking into high gear as she stood in that awkward silence after he stammered a greeting. This was it. The willow was welcome to bash her into the next millennium if it so chose to do so! She would welcome her death at this point! But, after a few moments of staring at her feet and doing a breathing exercise she was able to look at him finally and offer a sad sort of expression. "Hey. I... uh... sorry abou' tha'..." she stammered before turning and walking a ways. Maybe to walk away? Maybe to go to where her cauldron was sitting on top of a jar... Hahaha. WHO KNEW?! Not even SHE knew at this point.
What she did know for sure was the thing that was eating at her soul at this very moment: She definitely liked Benji Park. She had also hugged him and he looked like he wanted to puke.
So yeah. Stellar day for Penny Goodman, this was! [/sarcasm]
Why was she apologizing?!?!!!!! What the heck? Had he looked horrified or something? Because he was literally the exact polar opposite of horrified!!! Maybe she was apologizing to herself because she’d touched a boy with really sweaty hands and that was gross. Yikes.
But sweaty hands be darned, Benji — without even realizing what he was doing — reached out to grab her forearm loosely as she turned away.
”Nothing to be sorry for! It was... nice,” he said... then finally noticed the fact that he was touching her. Holding her, more like. Now THAT was awkward. He dropped her arm quickly and added an apology of his own to the mix:
”Sorry! I didn’t mean to... you know... grab you...?” He hadn’t meant for that last part to sound like a question, but his voice rose with nerves, and now he was nervous for sure. SHE DEFINITELY HATED HIM. And WHY had he admitted that it was nice? That probably made it sooo obvious that he liked her! How EMBARRASSING!!!! Now she was going to probably reject him and laugh in his face and tell everybody what a loser he was. (Never mind the fact that he really hadn’t confessed anything... It sure felt to him like he had.)
The pinkish hue that seemed to take up permanent residence on his cheeks when Penny was around grew a little brighter.
”I just...” he waved his hand in a vague gesture. He wanted to explain, but how could he without making things a thousand times weirder?