AN- So… I'm back. It's really unexpected, and kinda sudden, but I'm back. I thought it would take a year for me to return to BMF, but it only took three months.
I guess it's like when you don't really break up with someone, but you just kinda drift apart. And you still think about them a lot, and you still love them, but you wanna focus on other fando—er, people. And then one day you're reunited and you're all like, "OMIGOSH I MISSED YOU SOOOO MUCH!"
Either way, let's get started.
Green usually isn't at a loss for words. In fact, he's not quite sure if he's at a loss for words now. But this is a face he hadn't expected to see so soon… at least, not directly in front of him. Sure, there are plenty of things he wants to say, but everything he thinks of sounds either to sudden or too silly. But Green knows he can't just stand here, biting back his words.
"…You got your hair cut."
Well, it's true, and that's at least a start. Vaati's straight-as-a-board lavender hair, once going three-and-a-half inches down his back, is cropped at his chin. And that isn't all that's changed. In the two months, Vaati has gone from King of the Round Table to a lowly peasant. More importantly, he's gone from demanding and snobby to timid and melancholy. Green hardly hears Vaati speak anymore, and when he does, Vaati's voice is shaky and lacks its usual bite.
It's nice, but still a bit unsettling.
Vaati's downcast eyes—a deep, chocolaty brown—drift upwards, toward Green. "Yeah. I did." Vaati's trying to sound bitter (Green can tell), but there's a twinge of distress mixed in, and it all evens out to him sounding vaguely stern.
Green feels oddly calm, but that doesn't change how awkward this all is. "It looks nice," he says, and he's pretty sure he means it. After all, he never really did understand why Vaati decided to grow his hair out so much. For boy, it just seemed really odd.
Pink nips at Vaati's cheeks, and Green wants to take his words back. Vaati's eyes flit back to his gym shoes. "Um… thanks, I guess."
Green stays silent. He doesn't say, 'No problem,' because, in truth, it is a problem. This situation is already awkward enough. Why does he have to be reminded of Vaati's feelings for him? Not that Green has a problem with gays—most of his friends are bisexual at the least—he just has very, very mixed feelings about Vaati being in love with him. It's even more mixed now that he has a girlfriend—Zelda, his dream girl, no less.
It was a lot to take in, and it's still a lot to look back on. Green finds himself inching backwards, suddenly feeling very uncomfortable about this whole situation.
But Vaati speaks again before he can get away. "So how's Zelda?" Green hasn't heard that venomous bite in a long time. A chill of nostalgia courses through him, making him shiver.
"Vaati…," he scolds, not meeting the other's eyes. He can feels them burning into his forehead, though; and the desperateness he's sure Vaati is staring at him with almost scares him.
"What?" Vaati says in a high voice, and Green is too embarrassed to figure out if this innocence is feigned. "I'm just asking…"
"I… um." He swallows the lump forming in his throat, because Vaati is not allowed to push him around anymore. "Vaati. Stop it." He looks up and finally locks eyes with Vaati. His eyes are so blank, it's almost eerie. But it's not, because he's stopped caring about Vaati's well-being.
At least, that's what he keeps telling himself.
AN- There, have your first short little chapter. Awkward times and we've hardly begun! Hooray!
On a completely different note, do any of you guys watch ChuggaaConroy? NintendoCapriSun? ProtonJon? Lucahjin? JoshJepson? AttackingTucans? Freaking TheRunawayGuys?! Because I'm really getting into LPers lately, and I really need someone to fangirl with. (Only halfway through Chuggaa's first LP, but I've watched all of TheRunawayGuys.)