Sugar & Spice

Part five: Making amends

He's not wrong on that; despite the situation, you would see someone trying to make the most of positivity during a dark moment. Robin would know that for a fact since she knew someone who was similar. She was quiet, a bit skittish, some screws lose but was still a good person at the end of the day. Thinking about her now just makes me wonder if she's upset with us since we did leave the city without saying anything. I should probably ask Robin when the time is right. For now, I can tell that these two are about to have a heart to heart moment, at long last.

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"Alphonse, dig the laffy taffy out of your ears for two seconds, hear me out," said Seth. He's practically begging him to listen to what he had to say. Normally I would say something in moments like this but this has nothing to do with me. If these two were to make up, then they need to do it themselves.

"Seth, I don't want it. I don't wanna hear some bullshit apology, I don't wanna hear how things should have been different, I don't want none of that."

"Are you done?"

"Yeah, I'm done."

After that little rant, the room went silent, nothing else was said. It was clear to Seth that if he hopes for Al to listen to him, he would have to let him cool down a bit. And he's not the only one who wants that to happen.

"What I want to say is that I'm leaving."

The minute he said the room went to silence once more. The only difference is that all three of us are shocked with what he said, mostly Alphonse and Robin though. I mean it is something that you could expect Seth to say but it's just the way he said it; with such softness in his tone and eyes filled with emotion. I don't think that any of us are ready for such a heart-touching moment.

"My old man offered me a job, a place to stay, hoping that maybe back home, here, it could give me the same fresh start that you got but I know that I can't be here, not right now. I've gotta go live my life and prove that I can do it without any help and without compromising the peace of the people I care about; I don't know where I'm going but if one day you showed up and I was the one sitting around half-naked drinking a cup of coffee and you wanted to forgive me for all the fucked up things that I've done, I'd listen and I'd be thankful."

"Hating you is really exhausting you know that," said Alphonse as he recovers from his shocked state and finally brought up the bravery to speak.

"Yeah, I know."

"I just I don't got a whole lot to say right now."

I don't blame him, I too can feel the awkwardness. And yet I'm not even saying anything, just standing close by the kitchen counter. But on the plus side; the two of them are actually talking now and at least they are trying.

"That's okay."

"You won't get in any trouble, will you?"

"Well, I can't make any promises but-"

"Stop I'm not kidding!"

"If I did get into trouble they'd throw my ass right back behind bars. And I am taking this seriously. I want to prove that I can just be me out there, a lot of who I was...was just based on who I needed to be for other people so...I need the time alone to figure that out."

It's so very strange; even though I only ever talked to Seth last night, invited him over for dinner and let him stay for the night. So seeing him being this soft and honest is such a development. Though I will admit, I really don't want him to leave and back into danger. And I can tell that Robin didn't want him to go either because of the sadness in her eyes but deep down, she knows that he couldn't stay.

"But, if you ever, if it's ever too hard or whatever... anything like that; I think it would be okay if you came back, as a safety net. Having to put up with you being around here would be better than knowing you were about to get in trouble, backslide or anything like that," said Alphonse as he set his full attention on Seth. And to top it off he was actually alright with the idea or thought of Seth coming back. One minute he would be either mad or upset about him, and now he's welcoming him back in. Even if it's only a little bit. And from the looks of it; Seth wasn't even expecting him to say that but I could tell that he's still happy with the offer.

"Okay, I'll keep that in mind."

"Good. That's, good."

"And, I have to unlearn how to love you."

"Yeah..."

The second he said that it literally touched the emotional feelings and Al had while also keeping away for a long time. Sensing and knowing the emotional distress that he was going through, I immediately sat down at the table and took hold of his hand. Feeling my touch and knowing that I was still here, it made him smile softly while turning his attention to me; and I couldn't help but to do the same thing. Even though he was mad at me, yelling in my face a couple of minutes ago, I still got to be with my sweet cheeks. I love him so very much after all.

"Yeah. Being here, seeing you too so happy, living a life that I wish I could have had, I hope for nothing more than for you to be happy but seeing it first hand is difficult; knowing that you're this much better off without me. I wouldn't be able to grow, I just be bitter and sad and lonely, so I can't be here, I can't stay," said Seth with a quivering tone as he watched the interaction between me and Al. You can tell that he's trying to be strong. Even Robin sense his emotional distress and gently rubbed his shoulder.

"Right, of course. you know I don't want that for you," said Alphonse while trying to reassure him. It looks like it worked since Seth smiled softly, and it was genuine.

"I'm proud of you."

"Quite that, you should just shut up and try the cinnamon roll."

"Alright, okay, I'll try the cinnamon roll."

You know, despite the fact that this whole had a rough start, a very rough start, but it still turned out really well. Seth was finally able to Al what was happening, and Al actually listened to him. And not only that but he is now okay being around him and talk to him. Needless to say; both of them just went through a big emotional development with each other and I'm very proud of them. And I'm sure Robin is too, I hope.

(We're almost/nearly at the end of this story🥺🥺🥺)

📢ALPHONSE AND SETH DON'T BELONG TO ME! THEY ARE YUURIVOICE CHARACTERS SO ALL RIGHTS AND CREDIT GOES TO HIM AND THE TEAM!📢