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he didn’t know what to believe, there was a war inside his head of what he wanted and what he should be expecting. his logica didn’t match up with the thoughts in his head telling him to be careful and back off, but he pushed continuing on, his curiosity eating him alive. he’d always wondered what went wrong, if he could get them back on track if he tried hard enough. he made cesar a promise one he was eager to keep.. for his own sake and honestly not so much cesars. today.. felt different, what was usually resistance felt like for once there may have been hope and despite being unsure if he’d end up regretting it navarro was hoping to get to the truth. “ are you saying the last few years you haven’t lied to me once? when i ask you what happened, whats going on, if i did something, about.. cesar. none of it was a lie? because i.. just get mixed signals. or are you just.. not lying this time..?” he knew it came off far more accusatory than he planned but his emotions had gotten the best of him. “ with.. someone else right? not me anymore. should’ve.. just said so years ago clara. you’re not though, moving on clara you’re hiding.. you’re running. how can you move on from something you won’t.. face. do you mean.. him? cesar.” he wanted to comfort her, he wanted to be the thing he once was and for a moment he hopes she allows himself too, the single brush of his fingers against her cheek “ you want to pretend everything okay.. without talking about if it is or not. can we do that.. honestly..? i don’t expect that, you’re not the same girl.. i just feel like to be that feels so.. halfway.” he nudges his thumb against the bolt of her jaw, taking his time to memorise what she felt like, he wasn’t sure when she’d ever let him be so close again. his lips were being dragged forward kissing her forehead so softly “ haven’t things gotten messed up between us anyways? why, why do you want to hate me clara.? do you blame me.. for what happened that night is that it..?” the thought chokes him, reliving the images of finding clara after the news was revealed to her.” and yet you won’t tell me why.. you just pushed me away for years until you thought i’d given up. i guess i was thinking more of the aftermath.. the us part.. because guess i was an idiot but i thought maybe we could still.. fix that. racking my mind for when it all went so wrong with us. where.. i let you down. let cesar down. you… driving here with you reminded me of the last time we spent together. why, because i fuck around and that must’ve meant nothing? it didn’t feel like that.. for either of us did it?” he wasn’t sure why he thought there conversation could’ve gone well, there was far too much tension, too many feelings and touchy subjects for both of them not to get heated up about it., the walk to the rocks ensure he could breathe again.” trumps over 10 years of friendship.. for one year of dating? we ended things so.. apparently, i must have disagreed. she’s an amazing girl just.. dunno.” it takes a moment to settle in, how close he’s gotten again her skin on full display as she turns her back to him, he can’t remember the last time they’d been so close and for some reason he’s nervous, the sudden offer knocking him off his feet. “ i.. notice clara, not just today.. this entire trip. guess old habits die hard.. i still want to look out for you and i thnink my habits aren’t.. the only ones that might be coming back” he takes his time, choosing his words carefully trying to ease them as his hands slide up over her back softly, letting himself take in everything she’s allowing him, his hands almost hover too long near her waist but he holds on using the moment to let his lips come close enough for her to hear the whisper “ i.. still care about you.. please clara, i need to know if things.. aren’t as okay as they seem.” he whispers as his fingers slide up colliding with the ties around her back.
“no” clara murmured, “i’m not saying that. maybe i altered the truth slightly but not to the point of it being a lie. maybe just vague” she winces though, swallows thickly at the pain that accumulates at her throat and spreads slow to her chest. she’s even dizzy for a moment, that name haunting her and never spoken in the last few years. “not a lie. just not the whole truth. i don’t think i could lie to you all that well anyways. i mean you’re already assuming that i wasn’t telling the truth” she sighs, chews her lip and considers tugging on her hair again, relieve the never ending pressure at the bottom of her scalp. “yeah.. with your sister so by extension still you. how could i, and i didn’t think you cared i mean... we’ve grown apart haven’t we? you do your things and i do mine. i’m not running or hiding. stop navarro please” he said his name so lightly, so casually it pained clara too much she felt the affliction to be unbearable, like a slow suffocation that she can’t escape. “yeah, you remind me of him. too much. you were his best friend” she doesn’t stop him from touching her, no instead she reaches her hand up to hold his wrist. makes no move to push him away, just steadies his hand as she catches her breath. “i’ve been doing that..not talking about it. and i’m not pretending everything is okay. i know everything isn’t okay and i know everything won’t be okay. it’s not half way.. what else do you propose?” clara keeps her hand on his wrist, even as he touches her jaw, leaning into his touch as her free hand reaches out for his waist. navarro’s touch had always been comforting to her, no matter what. it was like muscle memory, the way her body reacted to it. she doesn’t move away when she feels his lips against her forehead. she keeps close, breaks out of her daze to look at him. “i don’t blame you for that night. but you’ve.. hurt me. i guess it’s all in the past so theres no point dwelling” she sighs, guilt pangs her chest. “i know.. i’m sorry. you reminded me so much of him. any time i saw you i thought he was behind you, ready to scare me but he’d just never turn up. it was too hard. you didn’t do anything wrong. don’t beat yourself up. no - god, i don’t think you fuck around. i just thought it’d mean nothing to you because you were just doing me a favour. some stupid little girl who was in love with you” the confession, thought widely known, still sits heavy on her chest. mainly due to the fact that her feelings still hadn’t changed. even with everything they had gone through, all the years between them, she still couldn’t shake the way she felt about him. “i didn’t say that. she got you in different ways that i did, i think. plus she’s known you more recently. well, it made sense that you wanted her. i mean, she’s alexia. it’s a shame you two didn’t last you would’ve made amazing babies” clara tries humour again, this time a genuine smile on her lips. “what habits are coming back for you? i’m... eating well, watching my weight. i’m being healthy. i promise” clara shivers slightly as his touch, something almost foreign yet familiar. she shuffles backwards so he has better access to her back, hands rested on her knees as she waits patiently. “i’m managing as much as i can navarro. i promise” clara glances over her shoulder this time to offer him a small smile “i’ll do your back next”














