[ Her first words are bad enough. She wants space. He's crowded her too much. For some reason, her feelings have changed. That, alone, is like a dagger in Gansey's heart. It's what he'd been afraid of, what he'd been dreading when she started behaving so strangely around him.
She didn't like him anymore. Not like that. It's exactly as painful as he'd known it would be.
But she doesn't stop there.
This second part is entirely unexpected. Gansey stares at her, while something cold and terrible settles in his stomach. ]
What...are you saying? You want me to leave?
[ He puts them in danger.
She's not even really wrong. So much of what's happened to them since they met him, so much of the hardship they've had to go through, is because of his quest. He knows it's true.
The step forward he takes is not exactly voluntary. ]
Blue, listen to me. You're my friend. All of you, are my friends. I'd do anything to keep you out of danger, you know that. None of this is what I wanted.
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She didn't like him anymore. Not like that. It's exactly as painful as he'd known it would be.
But she doesn't stop there.
This second part is entirely unexpected. Gansey stares at her, while something cold and terrible settles in his stomach. ]
What...are you saying? You want me to leave?
[ He puts them in danger.
She's not even really wrong. So much of what's happened to them since they met him, so much of the hardship they've had to go through, is because of his quest. He knows it's true.
The step forward he takes is not exactly voluntary. ]
Blue, listen to me. You're my friend. All of you, are my friends. I'd do anything to keep you out of danger, you know that. None of this is what I wanted.