more fluff for kat

"Hey."

"Ah! Oh... Hi..."

"What are you doing here all by yourself?" /God, he twitches so much. Jumped a foot in the air when I just said 'hi'. Kinda cute./

"Oh, nothing... Nothing much..."

"Looks to me like you're just staring off into space."

"Oh, does it...? I guess I kind of am..."

"You're thinking again, aren't you? I told you to stop doin' that so much." /Haha. Looks like I offended him./

"Well, sorry. I just have a lot to think about. A lot that needs to be done, you know...."

"Fine. Just tell me what's on your mind then." /I'm still not sure that he's not actually a girl.../

"I just... I don't know how I'm going to break it to them. They worked so hard for me to get here... Every bloody week I'd have to hear about how hard it was for them. How they had everything taken from them and how I had to work and be successful because at any time something could go wrong... and then something did go wrong, and it was all my fault. I couldn't finish... They put everything into me and all I did was let them down."

"Oh..."  Is he about to cry? "Well... try not to worry about it too much, okay?" /Oh... he doesn't look too happy about that one./

"How am I supposed to just not worry about it?! You don't get it. I was their one shot and I'm a failure."

"Hey. You want to know something? I get it, okay? I really get it. You... you made it farther than I ever did. Did you know that I never even finished high school? Heh... Instead I did manual labour and went to prison 'cause I couldn't stop burning shit. What do you think my mom would think of me if I went back like I am now? I was supposed to take care of them, and now I'm here." /Ouch... Well that hurt. Least it seems to have gotten to him. Shit, he's gonna cry again./

".....I'm sorry... I... I didn't know..."

"Nah, it's alright. I can deal with it. I just don't want you to down on yourself too much, okay? You're still just a kid, really. You've still got a shot. So seriously, don't worry about it too much."

"...."

/Ugh.../ "Do you want a hug?"

"....That would be nice."