[Jane falls silent, lightly chewing her lower lip. Far be it from her to be giving that kind of advice to anyone when she's only really fumbling through that sort of thing herself... but since when has she ever left well enough alone?]
I know... how much Ryouma cares about you. He really does. [How the man's face lights up when he talks about him, or even just how he talks about him? It's obvious.]
So you should talk to him, too. Because he's going to leave you be until you go to him, right?
[ he's leaned over so much now he might as well be doubled over. this is the worst, arguably, and he just got done crying in front of her. he just would like the ground to open up and eat him. ]
But then we're gonna have t'... y' know...
[ this looks physically painful. ]
I dunno nothin' 'bout relationship type shit. Not sayin' that's what's happenin' jus' sayin' I don't know nothin'. S'all... messy an' shit, I dunno.
[ now he sits up, and folds his arms, sniffling loudly because his face is all red still and he's thoroughly embarrassed about all of this. ]
[Jane pushes one cup towards him and picks up her own, finally. It's still hot enough to drink so she has a mouthful of it as if it might brace her against this entire conversation. At least it's easy enough to pretend she can't see what kind of state he's got himself worked up into, if only for the sake of his bruised pride.]
I'm hardly one to come to for relationship advice. [Given that she's in her first real relationship right now, and she's really just feeling her way through it all.] But I know that when two people who care about each other are hurt, somebody has to make the first move.
[Her smile then, though gentle, is just a little bit wry.]
And I think that on this occasion it might just have to be you.
[ izō makes a face and reaches over to pick up the teacup, peering down into it and sniffing it like he doesn't drink whatever they put in front of him at any number of crappy bars around town. but it's nothing to do with who prepared it and everything to do with the fact that it's just tea, but he drinks it so apparently, it's found to be adequate. ]
Why not? 'Cause ain'tcha datin' a god? An'—... well, I ain't that smart, so I ain't real good at... words.
[ and he's not blaming ryouma for the things he said, but it's difficult not to think of him saying them anyway. ]
He's still a person. And... I've never been with anyone else, so it's very new.
[Ehem. She does flush a little red as she says that and hides slightly behind her cup, taking another sip of the contents.]
No one is asking you to write a sonnet. [Imagining Izō reciting poetry... now there's an interesting mental image. She smiles to herself and looks down as she shakes her head.]
You just need to say what's in your heart. Why don't you tell me first. Think of it as practice. Think about Ryouma... and tell me what you're feeling.
Yeah, but... I dunno. It's like ya said the one time, y' like talkin'. Ain't even sure I got the words. Shit's all complicated. Probably doin' it all wrong anyway...
[ he has a lot of reasons to be unsure of what he's feeling. until very recently, people have questioned everything he's ever thought or felt or said. he doesn't have much confidence that anything in his own head is really valid, which is why he talks himself out of things constantly. ]
How'm I s'posed t' know how to do this? Ain't even good at bein' friends.
Oh, I don't know about that. I think you manage friendship quite well.
[Not that Jane is a difficult person to be friends with, but even she has her limits. If Izō had struck her as someone not worth her attention or effort she would not have continued to try and be his friend.]
Come on, Izō, won't you at least try?
[She reaches out for one of his knees and rubs it gently, giving him a reassuring smile.]
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Date: 2022-03-01 02:14 pm (UTC)I know... how much Ryouma cares about you. He really does. [How the man's face lights up when he talks about him, or even just how he talks about him? It's obvious.]
So you should talk to him, too. Because he's going to leave you be until you go to him, right?
[That does... seem to be their dynamic.]
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Date: 2022-03-01 08:31 pm (UTC)[ he's leaned over so much now he might as well be doubled over. this is the worst, arguably, and he just got done crying in front of her. he just would like the ground to open up and eat him. ]
But then we're gonna have t'... y' know...
[ this looks physically painful. ]
I dunno nothin' 'bout relationship type shit. Not sayin' that's what's happenin' jus' sayin' I don't know nothin'. S'all... messy an' shit, I dunno.
[ now he sits up, and folds his arms, sniffling loudly because his face is all red still and he's thoroughly embarrassed about all of this. ]
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Date: 2022-03-01 09:17 pm (UTC)[Jane pushes one cup towards him and picks up her own, finally. It's still hot enough to drink so she has a mouthful of it as if it might brace her against this entire conversation. At least it's easy enough to pretend she can't see what kind of state he's got himself worked up into, if only for the sake of his bruised pride.]
I'm hardly one to come to for relationship advice. [Given that she's in her first real relationship right now, and she's really just feeling her way through it all.] But I know that when two people who care about each other are hurt, somebody has to make the first move.
[Her smile then, though gentle, is just a little bit wry.]
And I think that on this occasion it might just have to be you.
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Date: 2022-03-01 09:19 pm (UTC)Why not? 'Cause ain'tcha datin' a god? An'—... well, I ain't that smart, so I ain't real good at... words.
[ and he's not blaming ryouma for the things he said, but it's difficult not to think of him saying them anyway. ]
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Date: 2022-03-01 09:24 pm (UTC)[Ehem. She does flush a little red as she says that and hides slightly behind her cup, taking another sip of the contents.]
No one is asking you to write a sonnet. [Imagining Izō reciting poetry... now there's an interesting mental image. She smiles to herself and looks down as she shakes her head.]
You just need to say what's in your heart. Why don't you tell me first. Think of it as practice. Think about Ryouma... and tell me what you're feeling.
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Date: 2022-03-03 10:22 pm (UTC)[ he has a lot of reasons to be unsure of what he's feeling. until very recently, people have questioned everything he's ever thought or felt or said. he doesn't have much confidence that anything in his own head is really valid, which is why he talks himself out of things constantly. ]
How'm I s'posed t' know how to do this? Ain't even good at bein' friends.
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Date: 2022-03-05 04:35 pm (UTC)[Not that Jane is a difficult person to be friends with, but even she has her limits. If Izō had struck her as someone not worth her attention or effort she would not have continued to try and be his friend.]
Come on, Izō, won't you at least try?
[She reaches out for one of his knees and rubs it gently, giving him a reassuring smile.]
Just try.