Part 7

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[bellabelgium]

[ She just kind of blinks up at him for a long moment, a million questions going through her head at once but she only wants to hear one thing. ]

Say it.

[dam_stijl]

[he nearly flinches and feels sick from nerves]

[she's - oh, fuck, she's serious, and he's - he's all over the damn place and rooted right here, all at once]
[he doesn't want it to be like this, he doesn't, not when he says it. not scared out of his mind and in danger of puking and - no. that's not the way it should be]
I...
[can't, he can't, he can't]
[shakes, and shakes his head, glancing down and scowling at himself - no]

[bellabelgium]

...

[ He practically has already-- why can't he just tell her? ]

Why can't you say it?

[dam_stijl]

[because he wants to say it because he wants to say it, not because it's demanded of him]

[and nervousness]

[that too]

[shrugs and blushes and pouts and blushes more and ladskfj why]

[bellabelgium]

[ She looks at him for a long moment, and if she looks a little dejected, it's because that's exactly how she feels. They are there but he can't-- he WON'T say it. ]

...

[ She finally pulls away and nods, glancing down and going back to cleaning up the petals. ]

[dam_stijl]

[spins on his heel and goes back to his coffee at the table with a huff]

[why the hell does he have to say it when she hasn't said fucking anything]

[SULKING. NOT LOOKING]

[bellabelgium]

[ If that's his problem then he should bring it up! C'mon, Ned. Be a man! ]

[ She gets all the petals off the table and tosses them into the trash before bringing the vase over to the counter, pulling the bouquet out by the stems and tossing them as well. ]

[ Starts washing out the vase, not saying a word. ]

[dam_stijl]

[he's not mad enough to lose his cool and spit it out or calm enough to be tactful about it, so he's just gonna sulk]

[and take furious coffee sips]

[and glare at inanimate objects]

[bellabelgium]

[ She can hear his sipping, loud and forced and audible over the water from the faucet and she sighs. ]

Stop that.

[dam_stijl]

[slurps it]

[he realizes he's acting like a kid but he really doesn't care guess who hasn't had their morning cigarette either]

[bellabelgium]

[ Alright, THAT was deliberate and her eye nearly twitches. Not only is it childish, it's bad manners AND it grates on her nerves. ]

Ned.

[dam_stijl]

[and it gets her attention]

Mm?

[bellabelgium]

Knock it off.

[dam_stijl]

[drums his fingers on the table before huffing and taking a normal sip of coffee]

[there]

[bellabelgium]

[ Ugh, such a pain... why did she miss you again? ]

[ Huffs right back to goes back to her vase, rinsing it out and starting to dry it off. ]

[dam_stijl]

[...]

[well if she's not gonna say anything he's going to stand up and head out of the room to get his cigarettes]