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30.Sep.13, 02:35 AM
"It seemed like an odd thing for you to do," he admitted, flushing again as he reached down to lightly caress Tansy's neck. She was so sweet and caring, a perfect addition to Tal's odd little family. The question or her origin only occasionally flickered through his mind, but he really was becoming quite curious. Now that Val answered the way the healer expected, however, he wasn't so sure if he needed to know anymore.
He may not have needed to, but shards, he just couldn't help wanting to. He frowned a little and offered a delicate shrug in reply. "I just don't know who else could have. Certainly not B'jin, and I don't really have any regular friends aside from you." Val really was the only one with any staying power. Tal found it amusing that as his temperament evened out and he became mentally healthier and well-adjusted, people seemed to stick around him less. People really were odd sometimes.
Even so, he smiled. "A secret admirer? If I do, they're a fool," he said with a touch of self-depreciating but light-hearted humor. He'd always poked fun at himself, once to preempt the attacks of others, but lately because he found that style of humor suited him. He almost smirked, but it was cut short when he looked up to Val and saw that damn grin. Ugh! It was so cute.
T'lian laughed coyly. "I really do doubt it, Val," he said. "If I do, I hope they say something. I guess I know something about being awkward...I get how it goes," he said, pausing for a moment to roll his head back in defeat. "You know, I had the biggest, stupidest crush on you for the longest ti-..."
Holy shit, did he just say that out loud? He paused stoically, waiting for the world to end...and fantastically, it didn't.
It didn't.
The healer kept his eyes closed tightly for a few more moments before inhaling deeply and sitting up. It didn't! The world was still spinning, even though he'd opened his fat mouth! Looking back at his friend, all he could do was produce another nervous laugh and turn a slight bit redder. "But yeah...I get that feeling. I really doubt that's what's going on, though..." he said. He didn't linger on his little confession for too long, but he thought it worth at least acknowledging with a smile. It was weird, how good it felt to just spit it out already, though some part of his mind was freaking out with a million potential complications. His habit of overthinking could have turned the freduian slip into a catastrophe, but that particular part of his brain was too focused on gold firelizard conspiracy theories to worry about crushes.
T'lian sighed. "...You're the best friend I've ever had, Val. I guess I preferred to think that you might have been the one to leave her for me, rather than thinking it was J'ver..." Tal's veins constricted a bit at the mention of the man's name. A hint of fear flickered in his eyes, but it was brief and controlled. "But it's not healthy to try to fool myself like that. I suspected it and I think you just confirmed it...if it wasn't you, it had to be him."
"Whoever left the egg really scared Fellis when they did it. You're damn near the only person he isn't afraid of, too..." he explained. "And she looks an awful lot like J'ver's queen. The note that came with her...was awfully embellished in it's wording, too. I'm pretty sure it's his idea of a cruel joke, or maybe some sort of weird convoluted threat."
He stroked the fire lizard. "...I love her, though." He couldn't exactly blame the pretty girl for who her parents were, now could he? He grimaced a little. "The world is a messed up place sometimes," he said, his tone flat and dry. He stroked her some more before looking up to shyly meet his friend's gaze, watching with not-quite-anxious interest to see how the man was taking everything he'd just been told.
He may not have needed to, but shards, he just couldn't help wanting to. He frowned a little and offered a delicate shrug in reply. "I just don't know who else could have. Certainly not B'jin, and I don't really have any regular friends aside from you." Val really was the only one with any staying power. Tal found it amusing that as his temperament evened out and he became mentally healthier and well-adjusted, people seemed to stick around him less. People really were odd sometimes.
Even so, he smiled. "A secret admirer? If I do, they're a fool," he said with a touch of self-depreciating but light-hearted humor. He'd always poked fun at himself, once to preempt the attacks of others, but lately because he found that style of humor suited him. He almost smirked, but it was cut short when he looked up to Val and saw that damn grin. Ugh! It was so cute.
T'lian laughed coyly. "I really do doubt it, Val," he said. "If I do, I hope they say something. I guess I know something about being awkward...I get how it goes," he said, pausing for a moment to roll his head back in defeat. "You know, I had the biggest, stupidest crush on you for the longest ti-..."
Holy shit, did he just say that out loud? He paused stoically, waiting for the world to end...and fantastically, it didn't.
It didn't.
The healer kept his eyes closed tightly for a few more moments before inhaling deeply and sitting up. It didn't! The world was still spinning, even though he'd opened his fat mouth! Looking back at his friend, all he could do was produce another nervous laugh and turn a slight bit redder. "But yeah...I get that feeling. I really doubt that's what's going on, though..." he said. He didn't linger on his little confession for too long, but he thought it worth at least acknowledging with a smile. It was weird, how good it felt to just spit it out already, though some part of his mind was freaking out with a million potential complications. His habit of overthinking could have turned the freduian slip into a catastrophe, but that particular part of his brain was too focused on gold firelizard conspiracy theories to worry about crushes.
T'lian sighed. "...You're the best friend I've ever had, Val. I guess I preferred to think that you might have been the one to leave her for me, rather than thinking it was J'ver..." Tal's veins constricted a bit at the mention of the man's name. A hint of fear flickered in his eyes, but it was brief and controlled. "But it's not healthy to try to fool myself like that. I suspected it and I think you just confirmed it...if it wasn't you, it had to be him."
"Whoever left the egg really scared Fellis when they did it. You're damn near the only person he isn't afraid of, too..." he explained. "And she looks an awful lot like J'ver's queen. The note that came with her...was awfully embellished in it's wording, too. I'm pretty sure it's his idea of a cruel joke, or maybe some sort of weird convoluted threat."
He stroked the fire lizard. "...I love her, though." He couldn't exactly blame the pretty girl for who her parents were, now could he? He grimaced a little. "The world is a messed up place sometimes," he said, his tone flat and dry. He stroked her some more before looking up to shyly meet his friend's gaze, watching with not-quite-anxious interest to see how the man was taking everything he'd just been told.
