Sometimes simply caring for each other isn't enough. We've so much history outside the events here, it's hurt us both too much to trust another properly the way you should in a relationship.
Maybe... maybe one day we could try again but [ he shrugs, trying and failing to smile nonchalantly ] Perhaps it's just not meant to be.
[He understands now. He understands in a way he couldn't understand a mere few weeks ago. When you're hurt, it's hard to trust someone won't hurt you again. When you're still hurting, it's hard to trust anyone at all.
He nods, feeling a little sad for a relationship he only saw the ghost of.]
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[He rubs at his arm. He barely understands connections between people, let alone adult relationships. It's all so vexing.]
You both care for each other. Why did you fight? Why didn't it work out?
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Sometimes simply caring for each other isn't enough. We've so much history outside the events here, it's hurt us both too much to trust another properly the way you should in a relationship.
Maybe... maybe one day we could try again but [ he shrugs, trying and failing to smile nonchalantly ] Perhaps it's just not meant to be.
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He nods, feeling a little sad for a relationship he only saw the ghost of.]
Perhaps.
...How do you live with a truth like that?
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