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“i’ll be fine. eventually.” bella shrugged, with a quietly sardonic laugh. she knew that this was just a chapter in her life she had to get through, she had to face the consequences, but in the meantime, it felt like her heart was rotting from the inside out. “jett seems to think this whole thing is rather funny so i try to act the same but truthfully, it’s exhausting. anyway…i don’t wanna monopolize our time. you sure there’s nothing you wanna vent about? i’m not great with my own problems but maybe i could take a crack at yours. now that we’re trying to be friends and all.” her tone was joking but she meant what she said. killian had always been an enigma and she’d always known there was so much beneath the surface that she couldn’t see. bella was overexposed while he was very closed off and it had been on her mind from the moment they met. “i think i overdid it with the food…” she mumbled as she unpacked the bags on her dinged up coffee table, “unless you think you can eat three burgers and drink a shake in every flavor?”
“you don’t have to act any way that isn’t you.” he almost laughed, that he was the one telling her to be honest with herself, when he couldn’t be honest with... anyone. he began to take the food out of the bags with her, and his amusement grew as he kept taking out sides. “did you invite anyone else over without telling me? or are we going to film one of those, what are they called? mukbangs?” he shook his head, grabbing a container of fries. “jett handles things differently than most. besides, i don’t think he’ll really go stressing out to you when you already have so much stuff you have to deal with.” he didn’t feel like he could speak for their mutual friend, but he knew that he was struggling with things his own way. “like i said, haven’t been up to much so haven’t had many problems recently. but i think we should probably talk about you, if you’re the type to stress eat than it’s kind of obvious that you’re going through something right now.”









