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[unpocoloco]

Héctor
UN: OLLIN

STATUS: Graduate Student / Teacher's Assistant

ACCOLADES: I write music, know how to play a few instruments, mostly la guitarra.

BIO: !Hola¡ Soy Héctor. Yo hablo español y un poco inglés. I've come to Daybreak to learn a little about all this magic stuff and help out around the Campus. If you need an odd job taken care of, I'm your guy! (Unless you are la policía. Or someone I have borrowed from. If that is the case, do not contact me, por favor.)

© TESSISAMESS

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Okay. Consider the seer thing unsaid.

[It's not like he's always jazzed about the seer stuff either, but-]

I don't think there's any reason to be ashamed about having feelings for someone, even Avery, and it's not as if you haven't dealt with all my personal affairs, messy as that is. But okay. We'll agree that this is more difficult for you at the moment as well.

But drunk as you may have been, and doing this in whatever way you did not mean to, and even considering that some of your good friends know...

Do you actually regret it? Having feelings for him?

No one's making fun of you. Or at least I'm not. We care about you both. We're happy for you. But if you really do regret then

Well, I'll go and talk to everyone myself. I'll tell them it was a misunderstanding and I'm an idiot. They'll believe that. And you can stop speaking to me if you like too.

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[spelleton]

Well it's not about cutting ties with you so you can get rid of that ridiculous notion right now. [ Honestly, when did he imply that. It's not as if Héctor is the problem. ]

It's not about shame, or being embarrassed. I don't regret having those feelings. I wouldn't have said it if I didn't mean it.

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[spelleton]

I just wish it had been better. Better timing, better words...

That's all.

[ Héctor likely has no idea how difficult this is to admit in any capacity and Ekkehardt will NEVER

EVER

LET HIM KNOW ]

[unpocoloco]

[Look, Ekkehardt, he spent a long time being Ernesto's friend, he doesn't know how else fights go...

He reads those words and he smiles immediately, feeling his face soften.]

Ekkehardt. My dear friend. Take it from one of the biggest dumbasses you know. Sometimes the clumsy delivery is the best one. And I think, knowing Avery, you probably just about killed him with that anyway, so it's probably for the best.

The man's immortal. I'm pretty sure you are too. There will a thousand moments and chances to say the things you want. And a thousand more to say a bunch of stupid stuff you didn't mean to.

I think we both know, Avery's been afraid of this for a long time. And you work so hard, all the time. It's okay to fumble through this. Let him learn how to love. And let yourself try to embrace the uncontrollable madness that brings. If either of you really wanted a perfect romance, you wouldn't have picked each other. You can do better than perfect. You can have this.

[spelleton]

I've long since accepted anything to do with romance is nonsensical. I don't know if I like it or not but I suppose I'll have to get used to it.

As for killing him

Well

He froze up like a deer in headlights when I told him. I thought I'd upset him so much that he couldn't even respond, actually.

Though I suppose there's nothing I could have done to avoid that

In hindsight.

[unpocoloco]

That's the spirit. :)


And, no, I doubt there was anything you could have done there. Still, it worked out, didn't it? He was sitting by you. Comfortably.

The man's got a heart in there, even if it scares him to have it pointed out. He's come far with that. I know I said it already, but I really am proud of him.