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victory_road2016-09-12 05:03 pm
no_ufo_ending) wrote in victory_road2016-09-12 05:03 pm
no_ufo_ending) wrote in victory_road2016-09-12 05:03 pm
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He's really not sure what to do about this. Apologizing isn't really something they do. Usually there's just whining and sulking and refusing to budge on whatever it was they'd done, at least to each other. The urge to say something intensely sarcastic like "I'll say" or "that's new" is nigh-overwhelming, but...hm.
He crosses his arms.
"Well...I'm listening, then."
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Al grumbles and shifts awkwardly, glaring a hole in the floor in an attempt to not make this any more inflammatory.
"I was...I over-reacted, okay? I know what you used to be like, and I know sometimes shit can...happen. Whether we want it to or not. And I didn't know about Heather's...everything."
Al lets out a gusty breath of a sigh, dragging his hand through his hair.
"I thought she was...you know, a more normal person? That maybe didn't know what she was walking into. I didn't want her to get hurt on accident if you freaked out over something."
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And does he ever, more than Envy was expecting him too even after the prodding. He lets out a quiet snort at the eloquent description of Heather's Everything, mainly because...well, yeah, that's just about the easiest way of describing it all. There's so much there and for every new layer uncovered there seem to be twenty more hidden underneath it.
But, like she'd told Al earlier, that's why she and Envy work so well. Because she's far from normal and so is he.
They have that in common.
The rest, though? Makes his fingers tighten their grip on his crossed arms, and grit his teeth. But this time, it's less out of anger and instead almost a wince. He knows what he used to be like, and Al isn't the only one who worries about what he still might be. What he might do, even if he doesn't want to. So when he speaks again, even though his tone comes out defensive just on reflex, it's...sort of a reassurance, too.
"I've freaked out around her before and never tried to hurt her then. And even the day I forgot everything I didn't manage it."
As much as the memory-less him had sure had a lot of murderous thoughts about his then-captor, he'd been entirely too ineffectual as a human to do a damn thing.
"She can deal with me if something happened."
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Al sounds just as defensive as Envy, but the tense line of his shoulders relaxes somewhat. He looks up at Envy, frowning, then sighs and leans against the doorframe.
"But...I trust her. And...I'll trust you. Alright?"
And between the two of them, that's saying a lot.
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But only for a moment. It is Envy, after all.
"I--alright."
He snorts, because he has to recover from that somehow, and snide humor is always a good recovery tactic. But at the same time...he doesn't go nearly as sarcastic as he could have, or would normally. This all feels bizarre and jarring, but it's happening.
"Just this once, I think you're not wrong to."
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"I better not be, or else there's at least three people in this house that'll turn you into paste over it."
Good lord, this month has been an enlightening one regarding Al's housemates.
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"Oh, believe me, that's not something you need to tell me. I've known them a long time, remember?"
It's still not nearly as easygoing a reassurance as it was when he'd said as much to Henry. No matter how weird and unusual this whole interaction is, it's not going to get that weird.
Although, he's had just about as much of this bizarre scene as he can deal with for now. This day's gone all over the place already.
"That all?"
Apology has been given, received, and that's an out for both of them to flee.
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"Yeah, that's it. And try not to bang around the kitchen too much at butts in the morning."
He'd like to at least TRY to get some sleep tonight.
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He'll have a pots and pans CONCERT in the kitchen if he feels like it! ...okay not really, but only because he's a lot more worried about Lust getting annoyed with him than he is Al.
With Al leaving though, he's entirely happy to withdraw right back into his room and shut the door. WEIRD CONVERSATION, OFFICIALLY ESCAPED FROM. A weird conversation that's probably going to give him some things to think about in the middle of the night, whether he wants to or not.