[there's a hint of steel in her voice, and it's clear she's trying very, very hard to not call him stupid. for all his brilliance in moving people together, he's remarkably stupid when it comes to himself.]
Because you were the one who left, Ryouma. Do you not see how that would make someone worried that if they ask for too much, if they are too much, then it'll just push someone away, and that you would leave again? If you could find some way to say that you're staying - if you could show that, then he'll know that he can ask for what he wants. Because why should he ask for anything he wants, when it seems like you could disappear tomorrow? How is he going to know any of this if you don't say anything? Your unhappiness, your frustration, that you want to be wanted -
[Emily makes herself take a breath.]
Unless I missed something, neither of you can read minds. All you're doing is keeping yourself miserable.
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[there's a hint of steel in her voice, and it's clear she's trying very, very hard to not call him stupid. for all his brilliance in moving people together, he's remarkably stupid when it comes to himself.]
Because you were the one who left, Ryouma. Do you not see how that would make someone worried that if they ask for too much, if they are too much, then it'll just push someone away, and that you would leave again? If you could find some way to say that you're staying - if you could show that, then he'll know that he can ask for what he wants. Because why should he ask for anything he wants, when it seems like you could disappear tomorrow? How is he going to know any of this if you don't say anything? Your unhappiness, your frustration, that you want to be wanted -
[Emily makes herself take a breath.]
Unless I missed something, neither of you can read minds. All you're doing is keeping yourself miserable.