Alright, cool. Just making sure I didn't forget something.
[ He relaxes, though only slightly. It's just now ocurring to him that he'll have to remember dates and anniversaries and special occassions and holidays and oh no, he's gonna be terrible at thinking up presents--
And then he's realizing that he's worried about things in this nebulous, far-flung future, when it used to be he'd play everything by ear, and the only thing he'd worry about was where his next job would take him--
And then he's realizing that if he's actually worried about this kinda stuff, then that means he's in this with Maya for the longhaul. Which he thought he had been, or at least he thought he was going to make a valiant attempt at it. But it's really setting in now, because--
He still needs to figure that part out. That warm, twisting ache is in his chest again, the one he only seems to feel when Maya's around or in his thoughts, and he still can't put a name to it -- he only knows he likes it. ]
I'll have to figure out a way to repay you. [ It's not quite what he wanted to say, not really, but he does sound grateful and sincere all the same. ]
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[ He relaxes, though only slightly. It's just now ocurring to him that he'll have to remember dates and anniversaries and special occassions and holidays and oh no, he's gonna be terrible at thinking up presents--
And then he's realizing that he's worried about things in this nebulous, far-flung future, when it used to be he'd play everything by ear, and the only thing he'd worry about was where his next job would take him--
And then he's realizing that if he's actually worried about this kinda stuff, then that means he's in this with Maya for the longhaul. Which he thought he had been, or at least he thought he was going to make a valiant attempt at it. But it's really setting in now, because--
He still needs to figure that part out. That warm, twisting ache is in his chest again, the one he only seems to feel when Maya's around or in his thoughts, and he still can't put a name to it -- he only knows he likes it. ]
I'll have to figure out a way to repay you. [ It's not quite what he wanted to say, not really, but he does sound grateful and sincere all the same. ]