voidbreaker | STEPH

[ hm. ]

And the other guy?

[ she scratches the back of her head ]

Hikage is... he doesn't really have friends, and he can be really hard to get along with. Belph and I spent a good amount of time in the castle looking after him.

[ an understatement ]

But now that we're here, and don't have to do that as much anymore, I kind of realized that he doesn't really know nearly as much about me as I know about him. So I've been trying to figure out if I actually want a relationship that's like that, or... what.

You giving him the chance to find out about you and even the gap? Or is he just not picking up the cues?

[ which, ash, asking that question is a FUCKING HYPOCRITE but whatever he's not the one on the therapy couch rn. ]

He's not picking up on it.

But it's the kind of thing where, I dunno, does he want to actually date me or some idealized version of me? It's weird. I can only hold his hand about these kinds of things for so long.

So just say it.

Some people are crap at this stuff -- lay it out, and if he actually wants to make this work, he'll work on that. If he doesn't, then maybe it ain't worth it.

[ it would be easier if she could explain why she is so hesitant, but she cannot doxx hikage's. uh. hikageness. ]

Yeah... I think it's just extra annoying, since now we have a bunch of people telling us that we can very easily work through any problem, and any hesitation we might have is dumb and we should get over it.

[ hm. ]

You okay telling people you're working through stuff? You're not making promises, and anyone who pushes after that's a dick and you can tell them that to their face.