#personal experience?

"I just... I don't understand what we are anymore." He gulped but continued.

"I don't know what our relationship is anymore."

He felt his hands tremble but he put them behind his back in an attempt to control his nerves, trying desperately to not get tongue tied.

"One minute, we're friends, the next, we're more than friends... and then sometimes I'm nothing but a stranger to you." He took a second when he felt himself grasping his hands together too tightly to gently pull them apart, feeling a confusing wave of relief and fear washed over him as he finally expressed his thoughts.

"One minute, you talk to me like I'm the most special person in your life, another minute you're talking to me like I mean absolutely nothing to you... one day, you pay so much attention to me, like it's only you and me in the world, the next you ignore me..."

He bit the inside of his cheek as he felt the tears well up in his eyes, and he stared at the ceiling and blinked rapidly, but it didn't stop those treacherous tears from falling. Patton wiped them away angrily, and continued with a trembling voice.

"Don't play with my feelings... Just because you're unsure of yours." He hesitated before staring back at the mirror and he chuckled bitterly.

Hypothetically, you and your friend have eyes on the same person (both are aware of it)

And you don’t make a move on them for months

And your friend does before you

And they manage to secure them

You’re allowed to get upset

But you’ve got no one to blame but yourself in this situation, especially since you’ve had plenty of time to do something

what’s a fair price for giving the attribution (all copyrights on your work, precisely art) to another person / agency, who will lately gain money from it? is it a common situation in terms of creating illustrations for books and magazines?  :upd thank you!!