[There's something infuriating about it. To be likable enough that people do want to call or text you. To be able to return their calls. He can't sympathize from where he's standing. He can't understand it. He just knows that he doesn't want to be forgotten.]
[It's not even that he wants to be the one that calls he just wants an easy solution to it all. A cheat code. A convenient red thread to keep him from falling down into a pit.]
... y- you know, [he mumbles] ... you're pretty uncute right now...
[There would be something different, if Cater were acting like how he "normally" did. After all, it's not like the popular and casual Cater attracted his attention. The only moment he started acting more naturally was when they both showed these sides of themselves. If this was what he could be given then, then...]
[His grip tightens on the shard and Cater will feel the corresponding pain. Then, Cater will feel his own. A pressure point that causes blood to start to well up, then dragging it down. It catches against the neckline of the shirt, not quite sharp enough to tear through cloth despite damaging skin.]
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[It's not even that he wants to be the one that calls he just wants an easy solution to it all. A cheat code. A convenient red thread to keep him from falling down into a pit.]
... y- you know, [he mumbles] ... you're pretty uncute right now...
[There would be something different, if Cater were acting like how he "normally" did. After all, it's not like the popular and casual Cater attracted his attention. The only moment he started acting more naturally was when they both showed these sides of themselves. If this was what he could be given then, then...]
[His grip tightens on the shard and Cater will feel the corresponding pain. Then, Cater will feel his own. A pressure point that causes blood to start to well up, then dragging it down. It catches against the neckline of the shirt, not quite sharp enough to tear through cloth despite damaging skin.]