[ Heat shoots through her from where he grabs her arm and Rey whips around to look at him. She regrets it immediately. Gravity, yeah, that was a good way of saying it. Her eyes land on him and she wants to pivot towards him and — and what? Her eyes search his face. All she feels is the pull as her breath catches in her chest.
For that reason alone, her answer comes out quickly. ]
No. [ Her lips twitch into what's almost a smile, but it's reluctant. Regretful, really, like maybe she knows it would be easier if it were. Or maybe like she just knows that she hopes it's not. To qualify her certainty, she provides, ] My feelings haven't changed.
[ She wants to be close to him. There is good in him. And perhaps clearer now is the picture that she cannot force him to turn. These all hold true. But she's given everything she has — and, true, that's not much. She's not much. So perhaps he'll look at it and decide it's not enough. But she still hopes not. ]
But I won't stay where I'm not wanted.
[ Another sad smile strikes her then. She thinks of her parents. They were the ones to teach her that lesson, and in that way, it was because of Ben that she could do this in the first place instead of staying and pointlessly pouring herself into something fruitless and pathetic. ]
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For that reason alone, her answer comes out quickly. ]
No. [ Her lips twitch into what's almost a smile, but it's reluctant. Regretful, really, like maybe she knows it would be easier if it were. Or maybe like she just knows that she hopes it's not. To qualify her certainty, she provides, ] My feelings haven't changed.
[ She wants to be close to him. There is good in him. And perhaps clearer now is the picture that she cannot force him to turn. These all hold true. But she's given everything she has — and, true, that's not much. She's not much. So perhaps he'll look at it and decide it's not enough. But she still hopes not. ]
But I won't stay where I'm not wanted.
[ Another sad smile strikes her then. She thinks of her parents. They were the ones to teach her that lesson, and in that way, it was because of Ben that she could do this in the first place instead of staying and pointlessly pouring herself into something fruitless and pathetic. ]