[ Aventurine listens and is quiet initially before it feels like a reassuring kiss to the temple like a parent might give a child that's upset. Aventurine's voice is more alert, his part of the tether attempting the best he can to offer some kind of comfort. Even if Aventurine doesn't understand why One is so important to Toki, he recognizes it well enough and he certainly recognizes the confusion and rejection as someone who has been rejected all his life due to his race and racial prejudices against him. So, of course, even if he can't understand the full picture, he understands the feelings bouncing through the tether. ]
I'm sorry he was like that, Toki. Try not to take it to heart, though. Either something is wrong with him as you said or he's trying to protect you in his own way and doesn't know anything better. [ or both. ]
I don't think One is as deserving of so many people's sympathies and friendships as he's received so far, but my gut feeling on him is not that he doesn't want you. He's very scared and is probably afraid of losing you. It hurts less to throw something or someone away than it does to have them ripped from you.
When the others get here, we can try and figure out what to do.
[At least Toki's got his other friends. It's always been so hard for him to make friends outside of his band, which is probably why he clings so hard to any friendships he can get, but here he's been doing so well.
Nobody else is treating him like he's a "pest." He allows himself to relax a little, his confusion never receding but he's not panicking so much.]
Did he feel very closed off emotionally, in a different way than usual to you? It's very possible Sleep has greater influence over him now ... although, I have to wonder why She would let him reach out towards his friend.
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Date: 2026-01-03 02:29 pm (UTC)From:Special for being his friend? One isn't exactly winning any awards in the most sought after friend category...
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Date: 2026-01-03 02:49 pm (UTC)From:[Toki's confusion permeates everything he says.]
He... he said I wasn't his friend. And... he doesn't want me.
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Date: 2026-01-03 03:21 pm (UTC)From:I'm sorry he was like that, Toki. Try not to take it to heart, though. Either something is wrong with him as you said or he's trying to protect you in his own way and doesn't know anything better. [ or both. ]
I don't think One is as deserving of so many people's sympathies and friendships as he's received so far, but my gut feeling on him is not that he doesn't want you. He's very scared and is probably afraid of losing you. It hurts less to throw something or someone away than it does to have them ripped from you.
When the others get here, we can try and figure out what to do.
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Date: 2026-01-03 03:55 pm (UTC)From:Nobody else is treating him like he's a "pest." He allows himself to relax a little, his confusion never receding but he's not panicking so much.]
Yeah... yeah, okay.
[He sighs.]
He seemed so... serious about it.
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Date: 2026-01-03 04:12 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2026-01-03 04:35 pm (UTC)From:[Maybe Sleep let him answer just so he could be a jerk?]
Especially because... in the dream, he was... he was my horse. He wanted to help.
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Date: 2026-01-04 12:56 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2026-01-04 01:24 am (UTC)From:[He's not so sure which particular part made him so angry, just that something did.]
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Date: 2026-01-04 01:28 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2026-01-04 01:53 am (UTC)From:[He thinks back to it, and hands it over when he's sure he's got it.]