CHAPTER 16 - I CARE, TOO
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"You always fuck things up, man." With an exasperated sigh, Gojo complains on the other line of the phone call.
I feel like a jerk. I was...I am. Her friends are probably telling her I'm not worth it- which wouldn't really be a lie.
"I'ma tell you what you needa' do, okay?" He says. I blink slowly, looking down at the staircase. "Mm?"
"Bring the girl some flowers- oh man, girls love that shit- and then sing her a song. You know what? You should also bring her a cake that says 'I'm sorry for being a bitch and I love you!"
I don't respond.
Gojo waits, "Yeah?""I think she'd rip the flowers apart and throw the cake in my face mid song."
He groans, "Do something."
"What am I supposed to do? She hates me." I yank my hoodie over my hair and hang my head low. "She doesn't hate you... you just...hurt her feelings.""Yea, so she hates me."
Sudddnly, a feminine but familiar voice speaks through to me. It's not a voice I expect but I start thanking the heavens above when I realize who's there with Gojo. "Utahime?"
Maybe I could get a different perspective of things with her input; it's hard to apologize to women.
With a stern, "Yes. You should apologize." The white-haired yells with agreement in the background.
None the wiser.I suck in my cheeks, before pushing my tongue against the inside. "...I'm leaving soon." He chimes in to respond, "She still deserves an apology."
He's right- for the first time- but how, if she doesn't want to talk to me; Let alone, look at my face?
"Just say sorry- all you have to do. Then, confess your profound feelings!" An encouraging tone fills his sarcastic voice. "What profound feelings?" I scoff.
"Quit being a pussy. You like her."...
"As wrong as you are, it doesn't matter anymore."
Gojo sighs, "You're both gonna be depressed for the rest of your lives- even more so than you are now if you just end like that." He continues in a low tone, "I've unfortunately had experience."
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Romance"ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ꜱᴇᴇ ɪᴛ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ. ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ꜱᴇᴇ ɪᴛ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴏᴡ." ↳ Feeling as though her life had no meaning, her neighbor would be there to show her that there's so much she just hadn't exper...