06-06-2022, 05:37 AM
Right. Of course. Lying would be pointless. Completely pointless. All Edmund had to do was say the truth.
If only he knew what that was.
He took a breath, running a hand through his hair once and then again, and counted to five. He was stalling. He hated himself.
"What I said last night," he finally began, "I didn't - I wasn't lying. I really - I'd be honored if you really think you could... love me. But I don't think you or anyone else should want to. I'm not - I was drunk last night, I'm not really like that. Happy, and smiley and..." Edmund waved his hand a bit before it returned to his hair, tugging on the strands above his neck.
"I'm sort of just... not very nice, or good at much of anything."
If only he knew what that was.
He took a breath, running a hand through his hair once and then again, and counted to five. He was stalling. He hated himself.
"What I said last night," he finally began, "I didn't - I wasn't lying. I really - I'd be honored if you really think you could... love me. But I don't think you or anyone else should want to. I'm not - I was drunk last night, I'm not really like that. Happy, and smiley and..." Edmund waved his hand a bit before it returned to his hair, tugging on the strands above his neck.
"I'm sort of just... not very nice, or good at much of anything."
