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[aquaticrush]

*eep. Looks away and wrings hands.* W-well, if you want. Um. I, I'm nervous, and I'm not sure why you're doing this, but I don't want to upset you, so that's all right, probably.

[harpbeat]

Re-ta-su. You shouldn't do anything just because you don't want to upset somebody. Ever.

[aquaticrush]

But I don't want to upset anybody. I want to do good things and make people happy. If it's what you want, then that's okay, isn't it?

[harpbeat]

[He reaches out and very lightly smacks her on the forehead.]

[aquaticrush]

*wince* What's wrong?

[harpbeat]

Just because someone else wants something, it doesn't make it good for you.

[aquaticrush]

I want to make people happy, and I don't want to be selfish.

[harpbeat]

That's different from being stupid.

[aquaticrush]

I should go along with someone if they say things like that to me.

[harpbeat]

Like hell you should!

[aquaticrush]

*eep* B-but! But I know I don't deserve someone I'd want, so that means I have to want what's in front of me or it'll just be a circle of people causing other people pain!

[harpbeat]

[He's just gonna slap you now.]

[aquaticrush]

*She stumbles back and touches her face.* Eater-san!

[harpbeat]

You do not owe anybody wanting them, okay?

[aquaticrush]

...You really think that, even for me.

[harpbeat]

'Course I think that.

[aquaticrush]

Why? It'll hurt people.

[harpbeat]

It will not hurt people if you stand up for what you want to do.

[aquaticrush]

Are you going to hit me again?

[harpbeat]

Nope. Worked it out of my system.

[aquaticrush]

*rubs face* Okay... I know you don't want me to apologize, but I'm really sorry. I just didn't know what to do. I still don't.

[harpbeat]

Let me lay it out real simple for it. You. Do not have an obligation to do anything romantic or sexual with or for anyone, ever.

[aquaticrush]

*She blushes and shrinks back, clasping her hands.*

I-I'm sorry. What you're saying makes sense, but I'm really afraid. I'm afraid of hurting people or disappointing them, and I thought it didn't matter because nobody could really love me, anyway, much less somebody I really wanted to be with noticing me. Please don't get mad at me for that, either. Actually, I guess you can.

[harpbeat]

Okay. Let's say, hypothetically, that nobody ever notices you that you want to notice you.

That still doesn't mean you should sleep with guys you don't want to sleep with. Being single is not that bad.

[aquaticrush]

B-but someone who's brave enough to say something -- *not like her, she thinks* -- doesn't that person deserve to be happy?