[ While she still keeps her hand on his shoulder as she remains behind him, her head bows. She hears the hurt in his voice, raw and scathing like hot irons around the neck, choking his syllables. The emotion alone is enough to cause her own eyes to mist.
She can be surprised at his acknowledgment that he trusts her a later day. That's not the point.
Rem's hand falls from his shoulder, and she walks around him to face him, wanting to see his expression, and so that he may see hers, too, sorrowful and apologetic still. To feel secure with another, then have pain delivered by that same person-- she knows exactly what emotion that is. ]
It feels like... knives to one's gut, doesn't it?
[ Twisting, deep, wretched, and unexpected. Contrasting this is the lift of her hand to the side of his face, 2D or otherwise, but her fingers don't quite make contact. Instead they curl back to her palm, and she lowers her arm back to her side. Rem draws in a breath. All this time, she's been attempting to skirt around naming emotions and feelings. Time to do so here, so that even if things break between them, he at least knows what it is. ]
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She can be surprised at his acknowledgment that he trusts her a later day. That's not the point.
Rem's hand falls from his shoulder, and she walks around him to face him, wanting to see his expression, and so that he may see hers, too, sorrowful and apologetic still. To feel secure with another, then have pain delivered by that same person-- she knows exactly what emotion that is. ]
It feels like... knives to one's gut, doesn't it?
[ Twisting, deep, wretched, and unexpected. Contrasting this is the lift of her hand to the side of his face, 2D or otherwise, but her fingers don't quite make contact. Instead they curl back to her palm, and she lowers her arm back to her side. Rem draws in a breath. All this time, she's been attempting to skirt around naming emotions and feelings. Time to do so here, so that even if things break between them, he at least knows what it is. ]
I betrayed your trust.
I'm... so sorry.