hashiseyes continued from X
Why? Because she didn’t want to hurt again, so why did she feel bad for telling him how she felt? It wasn’t that she was pushing him away, more like holding him at arms length and not letting him get close again. She was the one who’d gotten too comfortable before.
“Wha- no, that’s not..” Ruby sighed softly, reaching to touch his arm, “That’s not what I said. Please don’t.”
Oliver flinched slightly as he felt her fingers on her arms. “Either ya want to be with me, or ya don’t,” he told her, voice tight. Speaking around the lump in his throat was difficult. And his stomach felt like it had dropped right out of his body. “And ya don’t. So... It’s fine. I just... I’ve made a fool of myself. I’m sorry. Forget it.”