He allows himself a small laugh at that. From what little he knows of her, Hana is sweet and well-liked in town, but with a core of industrial steel. In a way, it almost makes sense that Wren's drawn to her.
It's easier, too, to be cruel, to learn how to fire back viciously. It's why they'd both been so good at it; the better they knew each other, the easier it was to jab into to soft spots that hurt the most.
"What, just shook hands, called a truce, and started over?" Rian smiles thinly. In theory, the idea sounds lovely but they know each other too well to just drop everything and make up. That's what had ruined them with Enfants: always making up by pretending they didn't have any problems.
"I'd like to start over. This town's no that big...but God, Ren," it's a subtle difference in pronunciation, lacking the rolled 'r' that indicates his nickname. It's as nuanced and intimate as Ri instead of Rian. "We're assholes sometimes."
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Date: 2015-04-14 06:01 pm (UTC)It's easier, too, to be cruel, to learn how to fire back viciously. It's why they'd both been so good at it; the better they knew each other, the easier it was to jab into to soft spots that hurt the most.
"What, just shook hands, called a truce, and started over?" Rian smiles thinly. In theory, the idea sounds lovely but they know each other too well to just drop everything and make up. That's what had ruined them with Enfants: always making up by pretending they didn't have any problems.
"I'd like to start over. This town's no that big...but God, Ren," it's a subtle difference in pronunciation, lacking the rolled 'r' that indicates his nickname. It's as nuanced and intimate as Ri instead of Rian. "We're assholes sometimes."