I really liked you, you know. You're the only other person I've met who wants to stay here.
[At this point, he doesn't have any more excuses to really lean on. He can't blame the mask. He can't blame himself...]
[He might as well be honest.]
When I found out it was you...I thought I'd be angry. I thought about confronting you. Yelling at you. Just...letting you have it.
But then we went on that quest for the old woman. I wanted to see if you'd eventually fess up. You didn't but...
When all was said and done it just...hurt. I thought maybe there really was something wrong with me. That...no matter what good I did, you'd never actually...
[He trails off, choosing not to finish that thought.]
I've...never wanted to be liked before. I grew up forcing myself to not care what people thought of me for the sake of my own emotional health but...
I wanted you to like me. It'd be the first time someone so pretty actually thought well of me...
no subject
I really liked you, you know. You're the only other person I've met who wants to stay here.
[At this point, he doesn't have any more excuses to really lean on. He can't blame the mask. He can't blame himself...]
[He might as well be honest.]
When I found out it was you...I thought I'd be angry. I thought about confronting you. Yelling at you. Just...letting you have it.
But then we went on that quest for the old woman. I wanted to see if you'd eventually fess up. You didn't but...
When all was said and done it just...hurt. I thought maybe there really was something wrong with me. That...no matter what good I did, you'd never actually...
[He trails off, choosing not to finish that thought.]
I've...never wanted to be liked before. I grew up forcing myself to not care what people thought of me for the sake of my own emotional health but...
I wanted you to like me. It'd be the first time someone so pretty actually thought well of me...