[ She's not going to say she 100% gets what he's talking about. She doesn't. ]
I never mattered to anyone other than Cinder. Not without caveats- Cassian likes to say he likes me, but he wouldn't if I didn't hold back. Johnny likes me, but that's because he doesn't know anything about me. [ A brief moment before she adds. ] Mercury does, but.. [ She won't get into that. The insecurity she feels because Yang is in his life now, because he actually gives a shit about someone other than her, even if she doesn't want him like she does. The fact that his partner is now Garrus, not her, and he never even asked if she wanted to be a deputy or work with him. He doesn't need her, even if he likes her- even if they're friends, if she won't abandon him whether he's good or evil or anything in between. No one ever needs her, and she knows she should just be happy being actually wanted by someone- it's more than she's ever had, but it still feels like she's being left behind as he finds new ways to move forward and she...
But that's a little more raw than she wants to get with Jaune, so she just pipes up with a vaguer answer. ]
It's more like.. you finally let your guard down, be yourself, and you're either reviled for it, told to change who you are, or when you finally think you have someone who gives a damn regardless, they're looking at something or someone else and leaving you behind.
[ But similar to what Jaune said. Similar enough that she felt like continuing instead of just changing the subject. ]
no subject
[ She's not going to say she 100% gets what he's talking about. She doesn't. ]
I never mattered to anyone other than Cinder. Not without caveats- Cassian likes to say he likes me, but he wouldn't if I didn't hold back. Johnny likes me, but that's because he doesn't know anything about me. [ A brief moment before she adds. ] Mercury does, but.. [ She won't get into that. The insecurity she feels because Yang is in his life now, because he actually gives a shit about someone other than her, even if she doesn't want him like she does. The fact that his partner is now Garrus, not her, and he never even asked if she wanted to be a deputy or work with him. He doesn't need her, even if he likes her- even if they're friends, if she won't abandon him whether he's good or evil or anything in between. No one ever needs her, and she knows she should just be happy being actually wanted by someone- it's more than she's ever had, but it still feels like she's being left behind as he finds new ways to move forward and she...
But that's a little more raw than she wants to get with Jaune, so she just pipes up with a vaguer answer. ]
It's more like.. you finally let your guard down, be yourself, and you're either reviled for it, told to change who you are, or when you finally think you have someone who gives a damn regardless, they're looking at something or someone else and leaving you behind.
[ But similar to what Jaune said. Similar enough that she felt like continuing instead of just changing the subject. ]