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| Inspired by @Slam_Words 22nd Edition |
"Stay for me?"
"No, not for you. Never for you. I would have to stay for me."
"What do you mean 'for you?'"
"I mean, it would have to be for me. It would be false otherwise. It would cause this nebulous thing between us."
"Like what's happening now?"
"No, not like what's happening now. It would be different, this thing."
"This thing?"
"Yes, this is a different thing than what would be between us if I stayed for you."
"You're an ass."
"I'm sorry you feel that way."
"I don't want your apology, I want you to want to stay!"
"I don't think it would be right for me to stay."
"Why not?"
"You know I have feelings for you."
"That's just another way to say it's over. What in the hell is wrong with you? 'I have feelings for you.' Jesus!"
"It's true, though. I do have feelings for you."
"But not those feelings, right? RIGHT?"
"To be honest.."
"Yeah, yeah. I remember the drill. 'We can still be friends.'"
"We can."
"In what world? You can't even look me in the eye. Look at me. Do you even see me anymore?"
"I see you."
"Do you, really?"
"Yes, I see you. I see what this has caused."
"You haven't seen AN-Y-THING, yet."
"What is that supposed to mean? I know you're hurt, but there's no reason for --"
"I wish I could tell you that you've never hurt me, ever. But you've wormed your way deep inside."
"Your reactions have made it clear. I cannot stay. Even for me."
"My reactions? You break into my shell and get inside of me and when I ask you to stay, you tell me that I'm not enough. You can take your reasons and leave them at home, wherever that's going to be."
"There are reasons that I cannot go into."
"I don't believe it. Now there are reasons for this bullshit?"
"Yes."
"Mysterious and monosyllabic, as ever."
"It's, complicated."
"It doesn't have to be."
"But it is."
"No, it's simple. You don't want to be here."
"You're not the only one who's impacted, you know."
"This is breaking my heart and cracking my soul. Impacted. That's really the word you want to use? Not hurt.' Not afraid. Not --"
"It is the right word.
"You're not just an ass, you're heartless."
"Technically, you are correct. I have no heart as you know it. I cannot deny that you've met me at a strange time in my life. What we have experienced will remain with me for longer than you may understand."
"What!?"
"I am not from this world and I cannot stay."
