He reminds her that she won't see him forever, and that stings more than she really wants in that moment. She wants to keep seeing him, but she knows... That won't go over well, even if she says it aloud.
"You don't have to think of them yourself. That's why I ask. To remind you to tell me the little things." She gives him a small smile, leaning down to try and catch his gaze. "All you have to do is tell me--and I can tell you thing too."
She takes a breath. "For instance! I saw this really cute rabbit in the forest today. It was just sitting there eating, when I came up, and it froze! I didn't want to scare it, so I crouched down really low and started creeping past... I swear I was close enough to see its little nose quiver. I thought I was going to die from how cute it was." She puts her hands over her chest, like she's going to swoon and leans on him dramatically.
She tries to catch his gaze and his eyes dart a little, to and away from her face. The brightness of her smile can overwhelm sometimes. Especially in contrast to his own uncertainty with all of this.
But then she's talking about supposedly cute rabbits and trying to sneak up on wild animals. He can just see her crouched in the dirt staring wide eyed at this dumb thing. He laughs lightly pushes her back, "You're ridiculous! You want me to talk about rabbits?"
He shakes his head. His mother is crazy. But then, he falls into a silence. He looks up at the ceiling.
"... I saw a cloud that looked like a rabbit. And one like a moon next to it. I was thinking it was on the nose with the literal moon rabbits here, but... I thought it'd be something you like anyway."
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on 2019-01-25 03:26 am (UTC)"You don't have to think of them yourself. That's why I ask. To remind you to tell me the little things." She gives him a small smile, leaning down to try and catch his gaze. "All you have to do is tell me--and I can tell you thing too."
She takes a breath. "For instance! I saw this really cute rabbit in the forest today. It was just sitting there eating, when I came up, and it froze! I didn't want to scare it, so I crouched down really low and started creeping past... I swear I was close enough to see its little nose quiver. I thought I was going to die from how cute it was." She puts her hands over her chest, like she's going to swoon and leans on him dramatically.
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on 2019-01-29 09:06 am (UTC)But then she's talking about supposedly cute rabbits and trying to sneak up on wild animals. He can just see her crouched in the dirt staring wide eyed at this dumb thing. He laughs lightly pushes her back, "You're ridiculous! You want me to talk about rabbits?"
He shakes his head. His mother is crazy. But then, he falls into a silence. He looks up at the ceiling.
"... I saw a cloud that looked like a rabbit. And one like a moon next to it. I was thinking it was on the nose with the literal moon rabbits here, but... I thought it'd be something you like anyway."