100% Normal Guy

Part of socializing and having friends is being a good listener even when you don't actually give a shit about the subject.

Your are hurting other people's feelings when you bluntly respond with "Anyway..." and then change the topic.

It can not always be about your preferred topic.

Thinking again about avian!cb!Apo taking a while to get used to the wings. (Maybe Sal had wings and thats who she gets it from and she doesn’t like being reminded of him right now). It takes some time and effort and help from Cherri but then she starts to like them and starts to learn how to fly. It’s slow and shes not the best at it but she looks at Cherri and tells them that one day she’s gonna show them the skies

Thinking again about avian!cb!Apo who then gets her wings violently and bloodily teared out of her back by a group of bandits or bounty hunters to sell for money and then leave them there to bleed out because the rest of their body is of no use to them, they only needed the wings. Cherri has to find them on the forest floor, barely hanging on to life and help them heal so they don’t die on her (and maybe she blames herself a bit. Because she met up with an employer a bit ago who told her about rumours of an avian and wanted to hire her to bring him their wings. She killed the guy, but didnt account for the fact that there would be more people like him (she really should have accounted for that))

Thinking again about avian!cb!Apo and how hollow she must look to Cherri as they help her recover for a second time. The long scars along her back that she flinches away from every time theyre touched or even glanced at. Cherri promises that they’ll kill every last person who hurt her.

Thinking again about avian!cb!Apo who goes with Cherri to an event hosted by some rich guy to get a bounty. Thinks about how he boasts about how much money and fine art he has. He tells everyone about his most prized possession, his prettiest work of art, that wasnt even made by hand. He draws back a curtain and Apo feels sick to their stomach because those are their wings. Hung up on display for people to see. They’re beautiful and they’re horrifying. They think they might throw up if they keep looking at them, but at the same time they can’t tear their eyes away. By the time theyre snapped out of their daze, Cherri is standing in front of them with a concerned look and blood all over. They panic, thinking that maybe she’s also lost a pair of limbs like they did all those months ago, but then they look around and realize that she’s simply kept her promise. She killed every single person here for daring to hurt Apo. She asks them if they want to take the wings back and they’re hesitant. They can’t keep looking at them, but they don’t want to just leave them here for the rich dead guy to keep. Cherri ends up wrapping them up so they aren’t visible and taking them with them as they travel, saying Apo can leave them or look at them whenever they want.

Thinking again about avian!cb!Apo and her adventures with Cherri. Cherri drags them up a mountain for a surprise at one point, after Apo begs for another picnic. Apo is sore and tired by the time they get to the top, but the view is worth it. A pink and red blanket is rolled out, pies and teas are shared, and as the sun sets, Cherri tells her that “We can still see the beautiful skies together, even without your wings.”