It doesn't matter if you think they shouldn't. They still do, and you don't get to decide that for them.
[this is aggravating. stahn tends to be fairly tolerant of leon's attitude, but the fact of the matter is that he's still going out of his way to be hurtful to others. doing so intentionally just to keep people at arm's length isn't something stahn will sit by and tolerate.
he's not saying leon needs to be close to those people, but stahn himself... he's tired of being pushed away. even when he does his best to respect leon's boundaries, it still feels like leon refuses to give him even an inch, and it's a serious regression from how things used to be.]
You weren't like this before. Back then... even when you were harsh, you had a good reason for it. You didn't say things you know would hurt people just so they would leave you alone.
[if nobody else is going to call leon on his shit, then stahn will do it himself. even if he hates doing it like this, and even if it's hurting him.
it's the worst for stahn too, because he wants to help leon more than anyone else in cerealia ever possibly could. but with the way things have been, they can't even carry on a conversation the way they used to.] Even us... even we don't get along the same. Nothing should have changed—You're still you, and I'm still me, so...
[why is it always so hard? why does everything end up being a fight now? he's not sure if he's sad or angry about this topic shift, honestly.]
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[this is aggravating. stahn tends to be fairly tolerant of leon's attitude, but the fact of the matter is that he's still going out of his way to be hurtful to others. doing so intentionally just to keep people at arm's length isn't something stahn will sit by and tolerate.
he's not saying leon needs to be close to those people, but stahn himself... he's tired of being pushed away. even when he does his best to respect leon's boundaries, it still feels like leon refuses to give him even an inch, and it's a serious regression from how things used to be.]
You weren't like this before. Back then... even when you were harsh, you had a good reason for it. You didn't say things you know would hurt people just so they would leave you alone.
[if nobody else is going to call leon on his shit, then stahn will do it himself. even if he hates doing it like this, and even if it's hurting him.
it's the worst for stahn too, because he wants to help leon more than anyone else in cerealia ever possibly could. but with the way things have been, they can't even carry on a conversation the way they used to.] Even us... even we don't get along the same. Nothing should have changed—You're still you, and I'm still me, so...
[why is it always so hard? why does everything end up being a fight now? he's not sure if he's sad or angry about this topic shift, honestly.]