Oh, don't get me wrong... never meant to imply that they were easy.
[She laughs, and while it's a LITTLE forced, it's a little genuine, too. Because there is genuinely something kind of funny about this situation. Even if it's mostly irony.]
[She could leave it there, of course, but... well, NOT TONIGHT SHE CAN'T. So she goes on talking. And even if there's a bittersweet sting there, she doesn't have to do a whole lot of pretending. The more the words come out, the more they're coming from the heart, and the easier it is to shove that silly crush to the back of the line of priorities, where it belongs.]
But seriously, man.
I have had-- god, I have had so many dumb crushes that never went anywhere. Most of those people have been gone for... shit. Years and years at this point.
Maybe if I'd put my big kid pants on and said something about 'em, they would've... I dunno.
Anyway.
You're not alone, is what I'm saying.
And...
[She trails off there for a moment, taking her hand off of Envy's shoulder to rub the back of her neck.]
... If there's one piece of advice you should follow from me tonight, it's... don't do what I keep doing. Because nobody stays here forever, and you don't wanna wind up regretting never letting yourself get close to someone while you could.
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[She laughs, and while it's a LITTLE forced, it's a little genuine, too. Because there is genuinely something kind of funny about this situation. Even if it's mostly irony.]
[She could leave it there, of course, but... well, NOT TONIGHT SHE CAN'T. So she goes on talking. And even if there's a bittersweet sting there, she doesn't have to do a whole lot of pretending. The more the words come out, the more they're coming from the heart, and the easier it is to shove that silly crush to the back of the line of priorities, where it belongs.]
But seriously, man.
I have had-- god, I have had so many dumb crushes that never went anywhere. Most of those people have been gone for... shit. Years and years at this point.
Maybe if I'd put my big kid pants on and said something about 'em, they would've... I dunno.
Anyway.
You're not alone, is what I'm saying.
And...
[She trails off there for a moment, taking her hand off of Envy's shoulder to rub the back of her neck.]
... If there's one piece of advice you should follow from me tonight, it's... don't do what I keep doing. Because nobody stays here forever, and you don't wanna wind up regretting never letting yourself get close to someone while you could.