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He was going to give up soon. Just declare her frustrating, and tell her that if she didn't stop trying to blame herself or trying to take his own guilt off him, he would be the one that would be making for the door. But the teeny whisper of that single word was enough.
A truce, he could do. That was enough. It was easy enough to hide his own self-blame away, and hopefully she was honest enough to not let herself feel guilty if she said she wasn't going to.
He nodded. Truce.
But then she continued on, and he shook his head again, a smile tingeing his lips.
"But see..." he leaned forward, resisting the urge to raise one hand and touch her cheek again. "Your liking someone isn't a crime. Whether they're taken or not. Your heart doesn't care about that kind of stuff." However... being taken and doing what he was doing, that was. That was definitely an offence. He was the one committing relationship crimes here tonight, not her.
She was promising she'd be okay. But he really wasn't sure if he could believe that. Would she be? Could she just go back to how they'd been before, knowing now that she felt that way? He wasn't even sure he could. He didn't know what this was going to lead to, or how Emmalee would react when he eventually told her that something had happened.
He stood a very good chance of losing her, and Merlin, that hurt just as much as the idea of losing Nia.
Could he promise that they'd still be friends?
"I promise." His mouth tipped up at one corner, a ghost of a playful smile. "You've got my will, I wouldn't have any other choice in the matter."
Maybe... maybe if he went back to that character. Maybe if he weren't fully Raiden tonight, that would make it a little more okay.
Maybe.
"Procrastination works for everything but homework," he said lightly, nodding.
They'd deal with it when it came. He'd deal with it. |