[ Why does no one listen to him around these parts??
He watches her chug what's in the glass with exasperation, eyelids lowering as he restrains himself from yanking the glass right back out of her hands. Don't worry she says, as she proceeds to do every single thing that would make any reasonable adult worry. ]
Can you even walk home the way you are?
[ He fires the question back with a touch of superiority. Please, he may be old and crotchety now, but he was young and stupid once. He still remembers the sensation of his whole world tipping unevenly around him, with the lights too brought and all the noises ever so slightly off-beat. If she were someone else, older and rougher, and if she hadn't so casually dumped a snippet of her Tragic Anime Backstory™ on him, he might have been more inclined to leave her be as someone else's problem.
But unfortunately, he can understand all too keenly the pain of having important connections abruptly severed and subsequently being alone even when it's unwanted. Just because he's had to get used to it doesn't mean she has to.
Quieter: ]
Finish your drink. I'll take you back.
[ She's probably sloshed enough that she won't even remember most of this come morning. It'll be fine if he stays just a little bit longer. ]
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He watches her chug what's in the glass with exasperation, eyelids lowering as he restrains himself from yanking the glass right back out of her hands. Don't worry she says, as she proceeds to do every single thing that would make any reasonable adult worry. ]
Can you even walk home the way you are?
[ He fires the question back with a touch of superiority. Please, he may be old and crotchety now, but he was young and stupid once. He still remembers the sensation of his whole world tipping unevenly around him, with the lights too brought and all the noises ever so slightly off-beat. If she were someone else, older and rougher, and if she hadn't so casually dumped a snippet of her Tragic Anime Backstory™ on him, he might have been more inclined to leave her be as someone else's problem.
But unfortunately, he can understand all too keenly the pain of having important connections abruptly severed and subsequently being alone even when it's unwanted. Just because he's had to get used to it doesn't mean she has to.
Quieter: ]
Finish your drink. I'll take you back.
[ She's probably sloshed enough that she won't even remember most of this come morning. It'll be fine if he stays just a little bit longer. ]