[honestly, people caring still feels like a borderline foreign concept—one he barely knows how to deal with platonically, never mind with other factors mixed in.
it's that awkwardness, the mix of kneejerk discomfort and warmth, that has white look away.]
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You really don't need to worry about me that much.
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.... maybe worry's a bad word.
[he rubs his neck awkwardly.]
I just care. You get that, right? Even if it's hard to figure out everything else right now.... I do care about you.
[and he's not too emotionally constipated to admit it]
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it's that awkwardness, the mix of kneejerk discomfort and warmth, that has white look away.]
... I know. Thanks.
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Okay. As long as you know.
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... You make it hard to forget. Idiot.