It’s like Robin is determined to pry him open and apart and leave him destroyed. She looks ready to destroy herself along the way, too.
Eddie swallows. His eyes wander but never hit the target. There’s a crack on the table’s surface that he finds more interesting. ”What do you mean?”
“I- don’t know,” Robin admits and sighs. He hears the familiar clink of her bracelets, her chair squeaking when she shifts her weight. “I just- I don’t know.”
There’s pressure building behind his eyes and inside his skull. Part of him is angry, furious with Robin - why did she ask? Why are they talking about it at all? There’s a part of him that wants to bite and thrash like a wounded dog.
“Have you been seeing any clocks recently?” He indulges, for a second, that petty part of him, mock concern bleeding into his voice, and regrets it immediately, wishes the happy tunes from the dancefloor could drown it and erase it from existence.
“That’s not funny,” Robin snaps.
It’s not. It’s really not.
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I wasn't sure what i was going to say to him today. I needed to build on what happened yesterday. When i walked into class, he was busy getting everything ready cause it was a lab day and we were going to be doing experiments and stuff. We always split up into partners, C is the one to choose partners. Usually i'm with a friend. But today, it was an odd number of students and guess who he paired me up with???? He paired me with himself!!!!!!! OMG like he did that on purpose right?? He looked at me and said since there's an odd number you can work with me. i am almost fainted my mouth went dry and i was probably blushing so bad. The entire class i was right next to him, trying not to stare or act strange. We touched a couple times kinda bumping into each other. I was wearing perfume (Ariana Grande God is a Woman!!) and i could swear i heard him take a deep breath a few times like smelling my perfume. He kept smiling at me as he explained what we were doing. I'm not even sure what we were doing haha i was so focused on being next to him. He looked so totally gorgeous today too. After class was over he said thanks for being his partner today. I managed to say you're welcome it was fun. I wanted to say let's do it again sometime but i was too nervous haha.
Like he choose me to be his partner, that's on purpose right?? he could have chosen anyone but he chose me. And he loved being my partner. I went into a bathroom stall after class and just cried tears of joy. i just haven't been able to think of anything else all day
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