And so to cut a long story short, she was pissed off at herself for being such a cow, but she reassured herself that he only whined because he wanted to be babied. Honestly, she thought to herself, is it that hard to let go? After all, it'd been quite a while since the runaway bride episode and the vicissitudes of the past 621 days should have mellowed the pain, but no.
Not wanting to drive him into total wretchedness, she made a mental note not to antagonise him further. It proved to be a futile thought as she couldn't let her incomprehensibility be left unheard.
"Why are you whimpering at your 'being lost' after engaging in a conversation which you shouldn't even have in the first place? The stray cat you used to feed together? What were you thinking?" she questioned, appalled at his sheer stupidity. She knew he wasn't ready for that.
"I...I don't know. Stupid, I guess?"
"For Pete's sake, can you at least do something considerably more intelligent than this?" She was literally a time bomb waiting to explode. Her fury was, of course, not uncalled for. He was her best friend and all she wanted was for him to at least protect himself from further wreckage. After all, she had battled the tears in her eyes when his heart was shattered two years ago. She didn't think he'd deserved something so severe in his life.
As if notwithstanding the torment he was already facing, she had to make things worse, "And it's time you do something about it because people aren't going to sympathize with you eventually."
The silence was deafening but after what seemed to be an eternity, he finally made an attempt to respond. "The problem...only you."
And so it seemed the strain of trying to be the most understanding person had finally taken its toll as she carelessly tried to get him to come to his senses about reality. "But it's okay," he added.
Au contraire to feeling triumphant lashing out her two cents' worth about the whole damn issue, she felt she should have bitten her tongue instead because it wasn't even worth a dime. Deflated, she ended her day staring at the ceiling, sleepless.
Not wanting to drive him into total wretchedness, she made a mental note not to antagonise him further. It proved to be a futile thought as she couldn't let her incomprehensibility be left unheard.
"Why are you whimpering at your 'being lost' after engaging in a conversation which you shouldn't even have in the first place? The stray cat you used to feed together? What were you thinking?" she questioned, appalled at his sheer stupidity. She knew he wasn't ready for that.
"I...I don't know. Stupid, I guess?"
"For Pete's sake, can you at least do something considerably more intelligent than this?" She was literally a time bomb waiting to explode. Her fury was, of course, not uncalled for. He was her best friend and all she wanted was for him to at least protect himself from further wreckage. After all, she had battled the tears in her eyes when his heart was shattered two years ago. She didn't think he'd deserved something so severe in his life.
As if notwithstanding the torment he was already facing, she had to make things worse, "And it's time you do something about it because people aren't going to sympathize with you eventually."
The silence was deafening but after what seemed to be an eternity, he finally made an attempt to respond. "The problem...only you."
And so it seemed the strain of trying to be the most understanding person had finally taken its toll as she carelessly tried to get him to come to his senses about reality. "But it's okay," he added.
Au contraire to feeling triumphant lashing out her two cents' worth about the whole damn issue, she felt she should have bitten her tongue instead because it wasn't even worth a dime. Deflated, she ended her day staring at the ceiling, sleepless.
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