post of shame

[psycholawgy]

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[psycholawgy]

[ she just.

almost spit her food at him. but thankfully, there's a napkin nearby and she covers her mouth with it. ]

He what?!

[sortileges]

[ Athena?!?!?!?

He just waits for her to finish before just shrugging. ]

I don't really know, we just went around in circles.

[psycholawgy]

[ this definitely isn't helping her at all. now she's even more mad at archer, even though she regretted not apologising to him when he left. ]

Did he hurt you?

[sortileges]

[ Oops, but he promised not to hide anything, so... ]

No, he didn't. He just threatened it.

[psycholawgy]

[ her grip on her fork tightens, and her eyes narrow when she looks at him. ]

And you're not lying about this?

[ because, really. he just died, and now she's learning about this too!! what the hell!!! ]

[sortileges]

[ His eyes narrow at that and he shifts to get out his CereVice, he pulls out this conversation and hands it over to her. ]

Read it yourself.

[psycholawgy]

[ fine. she drops her fork on her plate with a pretty loud noise and takes the cerevice, reading the messages. her expression goes from calm-angry to just plain angry when she reaches the end, brows furrowing even more. ]

What is wrong with him?! I told him he was wrong about you! [ she sets down his cerevice then, and slides it over to his side. ] He's always been such a coward!

[sortileges]

[ He frowns just a little when she just gets angrier and angrier. He feels a bit bad for making it worse now, but... ]

Sorry, I really didn't know who it was at first either, and he wouldn't say. [ A small shrug. ] I didn't want you to get upset.

[psycholawgy]

[ her breathing is a bit off now, and she tries to calm herself down by scratching the table with one of her nails. ]

It's not your fault. It was his! I can't believe I wanted to apologise to that jerk!

[sortileges]

Hey-- [ His hand reaches to cover hers and he wiggles around until he can nuzzle his nose against her. ]

--it's okay.

[psycholawgy]

[ it doesn't placate her entirely just yet, but it is helping. ]

It's not okay. He was trying to interfere.

[sortileges]

I think we're both too stubborn for that to work though, don't you?

[ He rubs her hand, then up along her arm. ]

[psycholawgy]

That doesn't make it okay! He tried to hurt you— what if... [ what if archer did an attempt and actually succeeded? she just trails off then, not saying anything else. ]

[sortileges]

Athena. [ His hand slides up until he can cup her cheek. ] Don't think about the "what if"s when it didn't happen. I'm fine. Great, even. It didn't happen.

[psycholawgy]

[ she sighs as she looks away from him, more or less pulling her face away from his hand. ]

He wanted to hurt you... I— He wanted me to break up with you, but I didn't want to.

[ and softly, as if just resigning, she says: ] I thought he was my friend.

[sortileges]

...Sorry. [ His hand drops to the side, struggling to actually help her as much as he wants to. ]

I really don't know why he doesn't like me. He wouldn't explain it properly.

[psycholawgy]

He said you were a jerk. He's— He's a Servant, so... [ oh, but so is merlin. hold on. . . ] I mean, he's this historical thing? He's called a Servant. And he knows so many historical figures. He said that any Merlin would be like the one he knows.

[ she isn't sure what else to do now. she should probably continue eating, but she's just far too upset with archer to have an appetite. ]

[sortileges]

[ He scrunches his face up ] I'd say Arthur was the jerk, if you ask me.

But sorry... I definitely didn't know him before, but I can't speak for who he knows. The... The Merlin someone else knew was different too. They told me that his world was gone and he travelled between worlds.

[psycholawgy]

You didn't do anything, so don't say sorry.

[ she at least manages to pick up her fork and start poking at the spaghetti. ]

Let's just-- I don't know. Forget about this.

[sortileges]

You won't though, will you?

[ He says it so quietly though, not even eating anymore. He can't, now. ]

[psycholawgy]

[ he already knows the answer, so she doesn't give him a direct response. ]

If I ever see him again, I swear...

[sortileges]

You swear...? [ He raises both eyebrows at her then. ]

[psycholawgy]

[ she doesn't really know either! but she'll probably try and punch him again. ]

It's nothing. [ she twists her fork to catch some noodles on its teeth and takes a bite. ]

[sortileges]

[ He quietens then, then moves to brush her hair aside. ]

Alright, it's nothing.

[ It's so quiet though, sad even... like he doesn't know what to do. ]

[psycholawgy]

[ he doesn't really have anything to be sad about. athena on the other hand, is upset, though. she thinks back on her wasted friendship and how she trusted archer with her life but... well, she clearly was wrong about him. ]

The spaghetti's good.