@takhalaa said : β You look well practiced in hiding pain. β | ( the cruel prince / accepting !! )
ππππ πππ πππ π πππππ, she used to sit on this same swingset in the park for hours. It had become something like a comfort to her on the days when she felt lonely and insecure β like a toddler's safety blanket or a teddy bear you couldn't quite bring yourself to put away.
Too many afternoons she recalled returning to this very spot with fat tears streaming down her cheeks because another kid had picked on her again, or she had felt inadequate to the impossible ideal of becoming like her mother; and though she was older now β and a touch wiser β the pain still lingered like an old scar that refused to heal.
She thought she had gotten better at hiding her emotions. Tamped a lid on her old hurts and haunts. But clearly he saw through her careful mask β maybe it had never really been there at all.
Or, perhaps he was merely too perceptive for his own good.
βΒ I suppose there could be some truth to that...Β β Her face was solemn for a minute and then, abruptly, she changed the subject. β Hey, Namu? You said you're competing in Battle City, right? Want to have a practise duel? You'll need it if you're going to beat someone like Kaiba Seto. β
