[ It was almost a long enough time — and, to tell the truth, an enjoyable enough time — that she might have forgotten about it. It wouldn't have been difficult to use his good mood as protection against the negativity she's cursed to carry. Wouldn't have been hard at all, especially with that faint flickering of different, unfamiliar glee buoying behind Jaime's smile.
But Ruka has never been good at letting things go, or at ignoring the shadows that hang in the periphery. ]
If it was something like that, I mean. [ She speaks more softly, but calmly. Maybe it should be irritating, that a good time could only be in the service of something serious — something worse. Maybe it should be disappointing. (Then again, disappointment would require her to have expected anything else.)
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[ It was almost a long enough time — and, to tell the truth, an enjoyable enough time — that she might have forgotten about it. It wouldn't have been difficult to use his good mood as protection against the negativity she's cursed to carry. Wouldn't have been hard at all, especially with that faint flickering of different, unfamiliar glee buoying behind Jaime's smile.
But Ruka has never been good at letting things go, or at ignoring the shadows that hang in the periphery. ]
If it was something like that, I mean. [ She speaks more softly, but calmly. Maybe it should be irritating, that a good time could only be in the service of something serious — something worse. Maybe it should be disappointing. (Then again, disappointment would require her to have expected anything else.)
Oh well. ] What is it?