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Day 295 [Open]
Who: Zuko and anyone
Open: Open!
When: Day 295
Where: Dragonfield
What: Rejection hurts.
Format: I'll match
Warnings: Honor
When it comes to rejection and disappointment, Zuko's had years of practice. It should help that it wasn't really a rejection exactly, just nothing changing. Aoi didn't reject her as a person. They're still friends. Awkward friends, for the moment, as anyone who joins the morning swim lessons can probably attest to.
But this is the first time she's tried to handle it without getting angry. No one did anything wrong, so there's no one to be angry with, not even herself this time. She didn't do anything wrong, right? She doesn't think so, but there's still this feeling that won't go away, and maybe it is her fault.
What would Uncle tell her? It's hard to imagine. He only ever tried to talk to her about boys, and she always changed the subject.
She made tea for herself anyway to see if it would help, but in the end she just winds up sitting with the cup forgotten in her hands. Kizuna plays nearby, attacking various plants by the shore.
Open: Open!
When: Day 295
Where: Dragonfield
What: Rejection hurts.
Format: I'll match
Warnings: Honor
When it comes to rejection and disappointment, Zuko's had years of practice. It should help that it wasn't really a rejection exactly, just nothing changing. Aoi didn't reject her as a person. They're still friends. Awkward friends, for the moment, as anyone who joins the morning swim lessons can probably attest to.
But this is the first time she's tried to handle it without getting angry. No one did anything wrong, so there's no one to be angry with, not even herself this time. She didn't do anything wrong, right? She doesn't think so, but there's still this feeling that won't go away, and maybe it is her fault.
What would Uncle tell her? It's hard to imagine. He only ever tried to talk to her about boys, and she always changed the subject.
She made tea for herself anyway to see if it would help, but in the end she just winds up sitting with the cup forgotten in her hands. Kizuna plays nearby, attacking various plants by the shore.
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For the first time, I thought maybe I could be with someone because I loved them, and not because I had to.
And now it's gone again.
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[Ibuki thought back to her ex, before Hope's Peak Academy... and when she thought about it, could anybody have said anything to make her feel better?]
[She stood up, walking to Zuko and slowly reaching out to put a hand on her shoulder.]
... I don't think... there's really anything I can say that would make it hurt any less, Zuko-chan. At the least, though, you can still be friends with Aoi-chan, right? [she had a hard time seeing Aoi cutting ties with Zuko over this, after all. Aoi didn't seem like that kind of person] It's... kind of a crappy consolation, I know... but it's still something.
[It's more than what Ibuki had, but Zuko didn't need to hear anymore about the musicians's past issues right now]
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It's a lot.
I just shouldn't have thought there'd be any more.
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[oh, she ended up saying it anyway. Not that it would have mattered anymore... said ex was dead along with everybody else she'd ever known...]
But, you know, at least you know for sure, instead of wondering forever whether you could have been that way with Aoi-chan, right?
... ahhh... Ibuki could use a hug now. Do you mind, Zuko-chan??? Maybe you could use one, too.
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[Just the pessimist who thinks the answer will always be no??]
...no, I don't mind.
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Also if there is cuddling going on, Kizuna wants to be a part of it. She crawls onto Zuko and attempts to burrow between the two of them.]
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