SPOILER!!: This Kid
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Originally Posted by
Hera
He wasn't a complete idiot. Despite not being able to recognise Maggie's feelings on the train and then after, he could see perfectly well that Amur had her panties in a knot, or two knots... perhaps she had more knots than the Willow. So all he could do was stare back at her.
His lizard ate them? That couldn't be right.
"I had dragons, not lizards," he corrected, holding out his stack of toast for her to help herself to. Food. Food was good for the soul, she should try it, clearly she was troubled. The thing about Amur being troubled, was it appeared as though HE was at fault for it. How that worked, he had no clue.
... "You 'kay?" he asked, genuinely concerned for hisher wellbeing.
Ugh. Just
UGH. He was frustrating. So very frustrating. Did he
know that?
Surely he did, because he just offered her FOOD. FOOD was the ultimate peace offering. The ultimate act of settling the score. The ultimate
'Do-Not-Cross-Go-Angry'. If she took it, she couldn't be angry. She
had to admit defeat.
Problem was, when you were fourteen and growing at a rapid pace to rival beanpoles, stomachs had different ideas than teenage mentality. Which, included a stomach rumble subsequently followed by her fingers picking off the top piece of bread. That was it. She was done. She had to admit a truce into the unspoken war-zone.
And then of course he had to go and ask
THAT in
THAT tone. Amur tried for the flatbread look, but it probably looked more like a sad puppy.
"You're impossible, you know that?" And she wasn't going to say why right away. Nope, she was going to munch on the corner of her bread for a moment of silent effect.
It didn't last too long, likely because she hadn't taken a big enough bite.
"I followed you, determined to be angry at you, because you just disappear last night. You were clearly upset and I was worried, as your friend. But you....just. Gone. Vanished." She picked at her bread. Now that she was saying it, it all sounded rather childish.
She shifted her weight.
"I was hoping that as a friend you'd come and talk....if you needed help." After a moment, she peeked at him, the frustration gone as she searched his eyes.
"What I mean is..........Are YOU okay?"