[ vie lifts his head when jaejin stands, confusion driving right through him. ]
I didn't do those things to hurt you, Jaejin. I wanted them too. I still want them. [ but the longer he lets everything sit, the more difficult it becomes to find a good answer that isn't going to hurt them both. vie frowns at the floor. ] I don't know how you could think that you don't matter to me.
[ except —
when had he ever proved his loyalty to him the same way he'd tried giving it to yves? asking jaejin to leave countless times isn't quite the same as staying in a marriage with a man he didn't even like, and now that he's tossing everything aside once more for the same person... vie knows what that looks like. he knows what it must feel like, but he can't leave it alone. whatever feelings he had for yves had died the moment he'd fallen in love with jaejin, and it pulls at his heart, threading his fingers together to keep his hands from shaking. ]
Of course I thought of you. But I thought about him, too. He's my friend. I owe him – [ he clenches his jaw. ] That part doesn't matter. Tell me what you would have done if you had been in my position. Would you have chosen differently?
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I didn't do those things to hurt you, Jaejin. I wanted them too. I still want them. [ but the longer he lets everything sit, the more difficult it becomes to find a good answer that isn't going to hurt them both. vie frowns at the floor. ] I don't know how you could think that you don't matter to me.
[ except —
when had he ever proved his loyalty to him the same way he'd tried giving it to yves? asking jaejin to leave countless times isn't quite the same as staying in a marriage with a man he didn't even like, and now that he's tossing everything aside once more for the same person... vie knows what that looks like. he knows what it must feel like, but he can't leave it alone. whatever feelings he had for yves had died the moment he'd fallen in love with jaejin, and it pulls at his heart, threading his fingers together to keep his hands from shaking. ]
Of course I thought of you. But I thought about him, too. He's my friend. I owe him – [ he clenches his jaw. ] That part doesn't matter. Tell me what you would have done if you had been in my position. Would you have chosen differently?