he would have definitely taken this question obliviously different than intended, if his little brother hasn't told him that she--
...well.
looking awkward and... guilty, he averts his gaze momentarily and nudges at his glasses. there's a long pause; he's been thinking about this ever since Cain spilled the beans, and he'd almost convinced himself that it had to have been some misunderstanding. surely she didn't really mean that... like he SAID she'd meant it, right--? but.
he shifts his hands into his pockets, before he tentatively gives her a small smile.]
You're one of the people in this town that always makes me smile, no matter what else could happen in this town, Miss Aurora. Of course I like you... you're my friend, and I'm happy to be able to say that.
[but 'friend' is all it can be. that's all he can offer her. whatever she thinks she... wants-- she doesn't even know who he is at all, and she wouldn't want it at all if she did ;( she deserves so much better than the likes of him.]
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he would have definitely taken this question obliviously different than intended, if his little brother hasn't told him that she--
...well.
looking awkward and... guilty, he averts his gaze momentarily and nudges at his glasses. there's a long pause; he's been thinking about this ever since Cain spilled the beans, and he'd almost convinced himself that it had to have been some misunderstanding. surely she didn't really mean that... like he SAID she'd meant it, right--? but.
he shifts his hands into his pockets, before he tentatively gives her a small smile.]
You're one of the people in this town that always makes me smile, no matter what else could happen in this town, Miss Aurora. Of course I like you... you're my friend, and I'm happy to be able to say that.
[but 'friend' is all it can be. that's all he can offer her. whatever she thinks she... wants-- she doesn't even know who he is at all, and she wouldn't want it at all if she did ;( she deserves so much better than the likes of him.]