Like a band-aid!

[persequor]

I'm sorry for saying I hoped the ponies are eaten by zombies. I didn't mean it.

[ For a moment, it seems like she might say more. Then she sighs heavily and shuts the journal. She hopes they all get sent back to their weird world and stay there. ]

Comments

Arya

[huffythedragon]

[Well, he couldn't avoid her forever. Though her making the first move here has surprised him somewhat. She's not exactly the most...reaching out sort of people he's met]

I'm sorry I upset you, too. I'd never want to do that, you're one of my best friends.

[And he'll wait for a reply. If he doesn't get one, well, he'll just have to search her out]

[persequor]

[ Sorry. Away from journal right now. Try again later. ]

[huffythedragon]

[No. Friendship needs to be mended quickly or it'll get worse! He'll be heading off to find her, trying her room first]

[persequor]

[ Just as he reaches the room, the door opens. Luckily or maybe not, the first one out is Arya. She stops in the doorway, blocking the way for Nymeria. The direwolf pokes her face around Arya. ]

What are you doing here? Go away.

[huffythedragon]

[Oh good, she's here. It's a big castle and he didn't relish the thought of looking EVERYWHERE for her, even if he would]

I came to make up. It's what friends do.

[persequor]

We're not friends.

[huffythedragon]

...

What? What do you mean?

[persequor]

[ Pushing Nymeria back inside the room, Arya closes the door. With the wolf safely away, Arya faces Spike. ]

I'm not your friend.

[huffythedragon]

[Spike is very confused by this turn of events. He just doesn't get it]

Because we had a fight? But...we apologised to one another so it's okay now, right?

[persequor]

I wasn't your friend before. I'm not your friend now.

[huffythedragon]

[A hurt look crosses his face]

But...but I thought we were friends.

[persequor]

You thought wrong.

[huffythedragon]

[No Arya, this is not how he planned this to go at all]

...B...but you spent time with me.

[persequor]

I spend time with a lot of people. That doesn't mean they're my friends.

[huffythedragon]

Uh...that usually does mean friends actually.

[persequor]

No, it doesn't.

[huffythedragon]

....What does it mean to you? Friends?

[persequor]

[ Mycah run down by the Hound. Her dancing master refusing to run. ]

What's it to you?

[huffythedragon]

I just want to know. I want to be your friend, Arya. So tell me what it takes.

[persequor]

Why?

[huffythedragon]

I told you. Because I want to be your friend.

[persequor]

You couldn't ever be my friend. You don't know me; we've nothing in common. You're a lizard.

[huffythedragon]

[Okay, that one hurt. Enough that he doesn't even acknowledge the lizard remark]

...You really believe that?

[persequor]

I know so.

[huffythedragon]

[He's not sure what to do now. Celestia always taught him to fight for friendship no matter what. But what can he do if she doesn't want him to be her friend at all? He was no Pinkie Pie, he couldn't just win anypony over.

So, his little shoulders hunch as he looks at the floor. Don't cry. Don't cry. Be manly about this]

...So you don't want me around you any more?

[persequor]

[ …Is he going to cry? Arya feels bad now. She didn't think it mattered this much to him. Anyone wanting to be her friend is strange. But they really can't be friends. They're too different.

Looking down at the floor too, she worries her lip. ]

No.

[huffythedragon]

Oh.

[He takes in a shaky breath, trying to steady his emotions, at least until he can get back to his room. This has never happened to him before, he's not even sure what the protocol is]

...I'm sorry I wasted your time, then.

[That came out a touch more bitter than he intended. Still, doing his best not to look at her, to let her see how much this had hurt him, he turns and heads off down the corridor]