"You look.." Like him. Stronger. Unfamiliar. "..older."
Hayley lifted both hands to rest on the back of her neck, tight, elbows nearly meeting in front of her. She knew that Kon, of all people, was very aware what the pose meant and the fear and anxiety it represented. If he remembered, of course. Even if he remembered her well enough to worry now, that didn't mean he would remember everything. It was impossible to know really, not without asking. It was too soon to ask.
"We're not like, dating or BFFs or whatever? So you really don't owe me anything." The reply was intentionally flippant and she donned a light smile to match, one simultaneously sincere and an act - a defense mechanism. "You left, lived a few years back home, and then came back, right? Forgot about us. Made better friends. Got stronger. And now the prodigal son returns."
She couldn't help the edge of hurt in her voice. As much as Hayley liked to pretend she was above friendship and all of those petty attachments, it still got to her. It still hurt when the guy who had been something like her best friend here suddenly disappeared and came back as someone else.
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Hayley lifted both hands to rest on the back of her neck, tight, elbows nearly meeting in front of her. She knew that Kon, of all people, was very aware what the pose meant and the fear and anxiety it represented. If he remembered, of course. Even if he remembered her well enough to worry now, that didn't mean he would remember everything. It was impossible to know really, not without asking. It was too soon to ask.
"We're not like, dating or BFFs or whatever? So you really don't owe me anything." The reply was intentionally flippant and she donned a light smile to match, one simultaneously sincere and an act - a defense mechanism. "You left, lived a few years back home, and then came back, right? Forgot about us. Made better friends. Got stronger. And now the prodigal son returns."
She couldn't help the edge of hurt in her voice. As much as Hayley liked to pretend she was above friendship and all of those petty attachments, it still got to her. It still hurt when the guy who had been something like her best friend here suddenly disappeared and came back as someone else.