[voice]

[imperial_ray]

-Just a voice this time around, Lady Gardens. And one that sounds very, very unsure. But she's been turning this over in her head for awhile now, and she needs help.-

Um... H-hello... I don't usually use this thing for this sort of business, but...

Um...

What do you do when you have someone you care about... really and truly do... someone you are in love with, and... They can't return your feelings because of some conviction that has nothing to do with how their heart may or may not feel? We had a fight, and haven't talked in awhile, and... I want to see her again, but that argument still lingers in my heart...

I just need to know... that I can be loved...

Comments

[imperial_ray]

I'm not sure if I should detail the specifics.

[gun_cata]

If it's too private, you don't have to tell me. So... do you think she loves you, and is just holding back because of this?

[imperial_ray]

... I... yes, I think she does. But I'm not certain. And I think I assumed too much about her feelings, too. But not so much that she would treat me in such a way.

[gun_cata]

[ She thinks for a moment. ]

It's... tough to say how you should approach it. However you feel about her, and her convictions, sometimes that can be too strong and important to overcome.

But if she was a lot angrier than she'd usually be, then she might just be confused.

[imperial_ray]

She was... condescending.

[gun_cata]

So does she think she's... smarter? More knowledgeable than you about what the two of you were talking about?

[imperial_ray]

She treated me as a child, incapable of understanding what she was talking about.

[gun_cata]

Hell of an attitude to take with someone. She's not like that when you talk about anything else, though?

[imperial_ray]

No. Just when it comes to this.

[gun_cata]

Not knowing who it is, it's hard to say if she's... just like that, if she's confused, if she's in denial...

[imperial_ray]

... It's Ky.

[gun_cata]

Ky.

[ Another thoughtful pause. ]

I don't know her well enough to say for sure. Do you have any other friends here?

[imperial_ray]

Mm... No one very close.

[gun_cata]

Darn.

[ Wait, Ky, the one who was talking about God in that one post Larry avoided. If that... ]

Damn, I really do wish I could help more. Sorry... there are probably other people who are way better at relationship advice than me here.

[imperial_ray]

Mm... well... You are trying, at least. I appreciate that much.

[gun_cata]

...and I will say that you shouldn't give up. Don't be too aggressive, but don't just give up.

[imperial_ray]

Mm... I won't. Promise.

I know I love her. I won't give up on... "us".

[gun_cata]

Hehe, glad to hear it, and good luck to the two of you.

[imperial_ray]

Thank you...