[ ...it's difficult. Even if he's wary, he doesn't want to give answers in the extremes, regardless of his distrust. Robby sighs quietly, glancing away briefly. ]
You need to talk about this someday. The longer you don't, the more likely it is to blow up in your face. [ His mouth pulls, a grimace of a smile. ] I've seen it from both sides. It sucks--but it's better to be honest.
[ Even if it might hurt anyway, keeping secrets doesn't help. But this is for Chizuru, and thinking about it a little: ]
Your trial period's over soon, right? You could wait it out... or you could ask her if she really feels the way she does about the stuff she talks about. [ He pauses again, rolling his lips together, a frown that's stretched. ] --But you don't have to figure it out right now. Just decide what you want, and what you can handle in another person. Do your best to be honest.
[ It's the single advice he keeps coming back to, because he knows Chizuru--he knows she'll approach the subject more delicate than he could any. For right now, he cocks his head slightly, gives a quiet 'hey?', then nods his head back--an indication, if she wants, to lean into him and just to cry for a while; like she has before, and like she can whenever she needs to.
Right now, this is the best he can give her--to let her stop trying to think, and to just be upset. ]
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You need to talk about this someday. The longer you don't, the more likely it is to blow up in your face. [ His mouth pulls, a grimace of a smile. ] I've seen it from both sides. It sucks--but it's better to be honest.
[ Even if it might hurt anyway, keeping secrets doesn't help. But this is for Chizuru, and thinking about it a little: ]
Your trial period's over soon, right? You could wait it out... or you could ask her if she really feels the way she does about the stuff she talks about. [ He pauses again, rolling his lips together, a frown that's stretched. ] --But you don't have to figure it out right now. Just decide what you want, and what you can handle in another person. Do your best to be honest.
[ It's the single advice he keeps coming back to, because he knows Chizuru--he knows she'll approach the subject more delicate than he could any. For right now, he cocks his head slightly, gives a quiet 'hey?', then nods his head back--an indication, if she wants, to lean into him and just to cry for a while; like she has before, and like she can whenever she needs to.
Right now, this is the best he can give her--to let her stop trying to think, and to just be upset. ]