It's not selfish to not want to hurt your partner like that.
But I think this is also something that's important to talk about with him, too, you know? Maybe not now, while this is all still fresh, but when both of you have a clearer headspace? Maybe I could help you figure out what you want to say...
Then, maybe that's something we can start with. Instead of telling him that that's something you don't want him to do, we can figure out why he's doing it and what we can do to make him feel... safe, if scared is genuinely what he's feeling?
I know this doesn't help the immediate problem at hand, but... if stuff like this keeps happening, Wolfwood, I fear things won't mend between the two of you one of these times.
[ Mizuki gives a little nod. Things are still fresh, and he understands this much. He supposes for now all he can ask is that Wolfwood understands that this isn't his fault, and he didn't do anything wrong. With situations like this, there's not really a "right" answer, Mizuki supposes. They can talk about what to do going forward when Wolfwood doesn't feel so helpless.
So, for now, Mizuki adjusts himself so that he can give his friend a comforting, proper hug. ]
You don't have to say anything. It's alright. Things might not feel good right now, but it's not always going to be like that. I promise, this'll get fixed.
Mizuki hugs him, and in that moment, Wolfwood realizes he had no idea just how much he needed to be hugged. The emotion swells in his chest and surges through him almost immediately simultaneously grounding and untethering him all at the same time.
How much he believes Mizuki's words or not doesn't matter as much as his support does. And as Mizuki hugs him, Wolfwood...sinks against Mizuki and slowly hugs him back, his head bowed over Mizuki's shoulder.
And he takes Mizuki's words to heart. He doesn't speak. He just holds him, and sits there.
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mooninthewater) wrote2023-08-16 12:10 pm
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But I think this is also something that's important to talk about with him, too, you know? Maybe not now, while this is all still fresh, but when both of you have a clearer headspace? Maybe I could help you figure out what you want to say...
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M'just. Sick and tired of him doin' this to me. Every time shit gets hard, he runs away. He didn't even give me a chance to talk.
[And Wolfwood has talked to Vash about this, he knows. So he's not sure what the solution is from there, if there is one.]
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I dunno. Maybe...he's scared? Or overwhelmed, or somethin'...just doesn't want to have to deal with it, so he bolts.
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I know this doesn't help the immediate problem at hand, but... if stuff like this keeps happening, Wolfwood, I fear things won't mend between the two of you one of these times.
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[He's afraid of that too. He really is. And he's arguably going to be worse about figuring out how to fix things than most other people would be.]
M'sorry I don't. I dunno. Have much else to say...it's just bad right now.
["Bad" is the story of his life, though.]
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So, for now, Mizuki adjusts himself so that he can give his friend a comforting, proper hug. ]
You don't have to say anything. It's alright. Things might not feel good right now, but it's not always going to be like that. I promise, this'll get fixed.
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Mizuki hugs him, and in that moment, Wolfwood realizes he had no idea just how much he needed to be hugged. The emotion swells in his chest and surges through him almost immediately simultaneously grounding and untethering him all at the same time.
How much he believes Mizuki's words or not doesn't matter as much as his support does. And as Mizuki hugs him, Wolfwood...sinks against Mizuki and slowly hugs him back, his head bowed over Mizuki's shoulder.
And he takes Mizuki's words to heart. He doesn't speak. He just holds him, and sits there.
Maybe that's what he needed most.]