Well pardon my manners, just something about you turns me to a savage
Caly's the type who's so bright, that even when she dims a little, it's hard to notice among the remaining shine. Maybe if he had a more discerning eye, or if he knew her better than just the few occasions he got before everything crumpled, he would have noticed it better. He might have seen the way she hardened a bit more, how her voice shortened up to more abrupt phrases, at least until she laid it all bare like she didn't have the patience for his nerves to delay them any longer. He knows that much about her at least, that she does not dip her toe into the pool to acclimate, she just dives right in.
He's not entirely surprised then when she starts off with Look Kai, which for the record is on the same level as we need to talk when it comes to the worst ways to start a sentence. Except, his hope does briefly rouse when she admits to liking him, a foolish smile sweeping in for a moment. "I like you too, Caly," he starts after taking in an audible breath on the heels of all she said. He'd listened intently, seriously, and now considers his words carefully. Not because he wants to shape them into what she wants to hear, but because he knows he's got limited to time to say them, and wants to make sure they make it out with all the same intent he's got curled up inside.
"I gotta know though, why does there have to be a number?" His hands have sunken into his pockets, and he crosses one leg over the other, sinking against the well's support further. "Because, if you're asking me to put you first in a relationship, of course I will Caly. I don't need anyone but you if we're together. There's no numbers there." All this time, maybe he'd been thinking about it a little too literally. He wouldn't sleep around, or make eyes at girls in passing, or kiss friends he's not supposed to. He wouldn't need or want anyone but her, if they actually did this right, and didn't just fuck on burger joint tables like that's all they had to give each other. "But if you're asking me to put you first above anyone and everyone, all the time, no matter what... I can't do that. I can't do that for anyone." He doesn't apologize for it either, and he's grateful she's not asking for one. Still, he can't believe that's what she means, can't believe that he might've been so wrong about her and Safrin had actually been right.
"I got people I care about Caly, same as you would have more than just me." He doesn't say it, but would he be first when she's got Vesper and Nova? He wouldn't ask to be, maybe because he already knows the answer. "If you were with me though," he says after a pause, quieter, like he's still hoping for something better than blue ribbons in love. "We could do it together. It doesn't have to be leaving you to run off somewhere, it could be us supporting someone in need."
He's not entirely surprised then when she starts off with Look Kai, which for the record is on the same level as we need to talk when it comes to the worst ways to start a sentence. Except, his hope does briefly rouse when she admits to liking him, a foolish smile sweeping in for a moment. "I like you too, Caly," he starts after taking in an audible breath on the heels of all she said. He'd listened intently, seriously, and now considers his words carefully. Not because he wants to shape them into what she wants to hear, but because he knows he's got limited to time to say them, and wants to make sure they make it out with all the same intent he's got curled up inside.
"I gotta know though, why does there have to be a number?" His hands have sunken into his pockets, and he crosses one leg over the other, sinking against the well's support further. "Because, if you're asking me to put you first in a relationship, of course I will Caly. I don't need anyone but you if we're together. There's no numbers there." All this time, maybe he'd been thinking about it a little too literally. He wouldn't sleep around, or make eyes at girls in passing, or kiss friends he's not supposed to. He wouldn't need or want anyone but her, if they actually did this right, and didn't just fuck on burger joint tables like that's all they had to give each other. "But if you're asking me to put you first above anyone and everyone, all the time, no matter what... I can't do that. I can't do that for anyone." He doesn't apologize for it either, and he's grateful she's not asking for one. Still, he can't believe that's what she means, can't believe that he might've been so wrong about her and Safrin had actually been right.
"I got people I care about Caly, same as you would have more than just me." He doesn't say it, but would he be first when she's got Vesper and Nova? He wouldn't ask to be, maybe because he already knows the answer. "If you were with me though," he says after a pause, quieter, like he's still hoping for something better than blue ribbons in love. "We could do it together. It doesn't have to be leaving you to run off somewhere, it could be us supporting someone in need."
Kaisel
Got me running in circles around you to please you, I do what I need to
Wearing a watery blue, faded and stretched-out sparkling hair tie on his left wrist
