[seasonality] catchall for rupert

[wtfox]

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[heartlands]

[........]

Right...

[wtfox]

...

[stares at him]

Why are you saying it like that.

[heartlands]

Nothing! I just mean, uh, you're right. It's frustrating.

[wtfox]

[she stares at him]

[heartlands]

I can honestly say that nothing you saw came from me.

[that seems sincere, at least!!]

[wtfox]

[s t a r e s]

Do you know who it came from.

[heartlands]

No! That's not what I meant. Look, I came here to see how you were doing, okay?

[wtfox]

...well, you saw it! I'm frustrated. Now you know.

[heartlands]

...I'm hoping that they're at least getting something out of it. Like - what if there was extra credit that asked you to curse someone...?

[wtfox]

I mean... maybe! There probably is! That doesn't make it any less frustrating to watch when we're just stuck here.

[heartlands]

...Yeah. I get what you mean. This place is just kind of infuriating in general, right?

[wtfox]

[she nods and buries her face in a pillow with a groan]

It is...

[heartlands]

...This'll all be over in just a few weeks. I think we can make it that long, yeah?

[wtfox]

...yeah. Just a few weeks.

[heartlands]

I know you've had a long few ones already, though.

[...]

And I'm sorry. I know how much you wanted to get chosen.

[wtfox]

I already knew it wasn't going to happen. I knew that from the start. I didn't want to get my hopes up.

[heartlands]

But... Does that really make it easier?

[wtfox]

I don't want to talk about it.

[heartlands]

Okay, but...

[a beat]

Maybe you would feel better if you did?

[wtfox]

[


her response to that is to throw a pillow at him i'm so sorry]

[heartlands]

—Hey!

[he tries to duck but it hits him in the face]

I'm trying to help, you know?

[wtfox]

Just - stop, then! Stop trying to help and stop pitying me!

[...]

I'm fine.

[heartlands]

[after a moment, clearly trying to stop himself from getting frustrated:]

No! I'm not going to stop trying to help, and it's not because I pity you, it's because you're my friend, and that's what friends do for each other! They don't just leave whenever it's convenient! And they don't throw pillows at each other unless it's in a fun sleepover way, so please don't do that again!

[wtfox]

Don't - don't just sit there and lecture me about what friends do!

[she's clearly frustrated and also not trying to stop herself from being that way? she needs a nap. she really needs a nap.]

I know it's stupid to be upset about this, okay? I know it is. Getting mad about it isn't even going to do anything. At least in Paris, it'd... [she shakes her head.] So, no, I didn't want to keep sitting out there watching all of that, when getting mad about it is just useless, but that doesn't mean it's any easier to just stop getting mad! It's not like it's a switch I can just turn on or off! Talking about it is just making me more mad because I keep thinking about it!

[heartlands]

I'm not lecturing you! I'm just talking to you!

[he stops to listen, though, even as he frowns.]

I never said it was stupid. I'm not trying to make you feel like getting angry at this situation is stupid of you at all. I'm angry too, you know? And I know it's not easy to make that go away. I don't even really think it should go away.