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(<3CroTuna<3) A Bully Turned Friend

A Bully Turned Friend... (CroTuna) (Request)

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Cronus' white eyes (or very, very pale violet if the light hit them correctly) followed Mituna as he walked off, head hanging. Said ochre-blooded troll had just solemnly listened as Cronus berated him for being so stupid. All he had said was "I'm th'orry" as the seadweller glared at him and pointed out how much of a failure he was.

As soon as Mituna was out of sight, Cronus slapped his forehead with the palm of his hand - hard. "Stupid! Stupid! STUPID! You alvways do this!" He sat down on the ground and held his head in his hands. Every time. He did this every time, but he had no idea how to stop himself.

"Cronus? Are you alright?" Cronus recognized the voice immediately: Kankri. Perhaps his one true friend. He looked up at Kankri's concerned expression before sighing deeply, looking away.

"Not... really."

Kankri sat down next to Cronus, rubbing his arm comfortingly. "Would you like to talk about it?" Cronus bit his lip.

"Wvell... Yes..."

Kankri smiled. "I'm all ears."

"Promise not to tell anyone?"

"Promise."

Cronus stopped and took a breath gathering his thoughts.

"I actually havwe... the biggest flush crush on Mituna."

Kankri's eyes widened. "I see. This does come as news to me, not that I am attempting to invalidate your feelings, it's just that I did not expect this. It would seem that if anything your feelings for him would be darker considering your... treatment of him. If you don't mind me saying so, I do not mean to trigger anyone."

"But see, that's exactly the problem. I vwant to be nice to him, but evwery time he's around, my brain just... freezes. I don't mean to say wvhat I do, I just do."

Kankri nodded attentively. "I see." He watched Cronus, looking out into the distance, unknown memories barely visible. "I'm honestly not sure what advice I could give you, Cronus. I think the best thing to do in this situation would be to simply apologize and ask Mituna if he is open to that kind of relationship with you. But I do not know, as I have never been in a position such as yours. I'm sorry."

Cronus looked over to the cherry-blooded troll. "Ask him if he is open to that kind of relationship?" He repeated back to him. "Kankri, he's vwith Latula. You knowv that, right?" Kankri tilted his head. "Cronus, those two broke up a while ago."

The news struck Cronus like a lightning bolt. He looked away from Kankri and spaced out a bit. His chest fluttered and his head spun. Could he really be with Mituna? Could he really stop pretending? Could they truly be together?

Then all that faded away and Cronus was left with a heavy feeling weighing down on him. No, Mituna would never like him that way. He would never forgive him. After the way he treated him? Please. As if.

Vwowv, he thought to himself, you're in that deep wvith him that you get depressed at the mere thought of him rejecting you? Wvay to go, Ampora.

"Cronus? Are you alright?" Kankri's voice snapped him out of his thoughts. He glanced over at him, and sighed. "Yeah, fine..." They both knew he was lying.

"I'm gonna, uh, go take a vwalk." Cronus said, standing up. Kankri stood up as well and nodded. "Of course. Just remember if you ever need to talk about something, you can always share it with me. If you wish to impart that information that is. I completely understand if you do not." Cronus smiled a little, and with a soft "Thanks," walked away into the distant memories of the dreambubbles.