You have so much of everything but still you wanted more
Between the two of them, Sah's panic was a bit more productive. At least he ranted out, instead of in. Seren felt as though she was standing on a river log that kept bobbing in the surf, swaying this way and that. Where to go? What to do. Friends, attraction, no expectations... It was a whole can of worms that had been opened, and Seren kept cussing herself out for blurting things out without thinking them through.
It was only Sah's obvious nervousness that kept her from feeling like an utter fool. It made her ever so slightly braver, to realize that she was not alone in this muddled, bewildered state. Stars, it was still her fault though.
"I... yes. I too want to stay friends," came a soft spoken reply from Seren. Pink in the face, but somehow breathing a little easier over the fact that nothing had to really change. Even though everything already had. "I've been having fun. I don't... want to lose that." That part was important. No matter what... happened. Or didn't happen.
But stars, how did they pick up from here? They couldn't even look at one another anymore. Forget sparring, forget the casual (or had they ever been?) hugs and...
"How do people do this?" she squeaked, exasperation forcing her pitch into something akin to a squeak. Unable to stand it anymore, Seren very stubbornly, very decisively turned back and raised her gaze. Squarely at Sah, even though she trembled all over from the willpower it took. They had been able to do this just a moment ago.
So fine. Let her head explode then. Could it become more awkward? No. No it could not. Meaning, they should be fine. Right? Right.
It was only Sah's obvious nervousness that kept her from feeling like an utter fool. It made her ever so slightly braver, to realize that she was not alone in this muddled, bewildered state. Stars, it was still her fault though.
"I... yes. I too want to stay friends," came a soft spoken reply from Seren. Pink in the face, but somehow breathing a little easier over the fact that nothing had to really change. Even though everything already had. "I've been having fun. I don't... want to lose that." That part was important. No matter what... happened. Or didn't happen.
But stars, how did they pick up from here? They couldn't even look at one another anymore. Forget sparring, forget the casual (or had they ever been?) hugs and...
"How do people do this?" she squeaked, exasperation forcing her pitch into something akin to a squeak. Unable to stand it anymore, Seren very stubbornly, very decisively turned back and raised her gaze. Squarely at Sah, even though she trembled all over from the willpower it took. They had been able to do this just a moment ago.
So fine. Let her head explode then. Could it become more awkward? No. No it could not. Meaning, they should be fine. Right? Right.
Seren
