video ● tenth reflection

[straying]

[At first, she's quiet for a little while. She opens her mouth as if she knew what to say before but now that the camera's rolling, she's second-guessing it. And so there's a pause before she starts talking.]

Matthew's gone.

[... and she looks a little confused, as if she never expected to say those words. They sound so foreign.]

... sheesh. Can he ever leave without causing me problems?

Well, now you know.

[A bit of a shrug and she ends the feed.]

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[video]

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

[He gets a smile and it's only a little bit emptier than the usual.]

Of course. Why would I have any reason to be anything but all right?

[video]

[twotimingmutt]

Gee, lemme think. The guy who left was your friend, right? And most people around here seem to enjoy flippin' out every time one of their buddies goes home.

[video]

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

Heh, that may be where 'most people' and I differ. I've always expected Matthew to up and leave one of these days.

We weren't really friends that way.

[video]

[twotimingmutt]

You still hung out with him a lot, right? Besides, even if we do expect people to leave sooner or later, that doesn't mean it hurts any less.

[video]

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

... sure it does.

Living proof right here. I'm just fine.