#//sdfhidsiu ofc i had to respond to this lmfao

[floripire]

@founderscouncil / continued from here for jed

it's good that flori is undead. it means she can pretend she doesn't have a heart. 'cause if she pretends she doesn't have one, she can just... ignore the fact that it's breaking. that it's splitting right down the middle because of jed tien.

the undead don't cry. so she's ignoring the fact that her eyes are rapidly filling with tears - or the vampire equivalent of it.

what happens in the summer, stays in the summer.

and he's right about that. logically, she knows he's right about that. it would be different with school back in session. and it would be difficult. his pack, her friends.

no. best to cut things off now. go back to their respective corners and communities.

but she doesn't want to cut things off.

flori wants to keep doing this, wants to keep seeing him, wants him, wants him, wants him, wants him, wants him, wants---

"i have, actually. multiple times. there's even this macabre theory going around that sandy - the blonde white girl - actually drowned and that the whole movie is just something that's happening in her head while she's unconscious in the hospital as she passes away at the end of it all."

and that's... probably not helping.

geez, no wonder he's calling it quits.

instead, the tiny vampire clears her throat. "i don't believe that. that thing you said about us not being compatible. you're just saying that to push me away. because we have - had - something real and that scares you and whenever you get scared, you want to run." her face is anguished as she looks up at him, silently begging him to pull her close, to take her into his arms and kiss her again, to open his eyes and see just how much he means to her.

but flori doesn't say any of that. she grits her teeth in order to keep the tears at bay. remains quiet, focused. as if she's playing chess with him and is contemplating her next move. then she sighs and readies herself for the last thing she needs to say before she lets go because she can't spend the upcoming school year tainting the best thing that ever happened to her with all her little flori-isms.

"i felt it, jed. and i know you did too. but if this is what you really, truly want, i'm not gonna twist your arm about it. just know that we could be - could've been - good together. really good."

he made her feel less afraid. he made her feel more herself. coaxed parts of her she'd long since hidden out of the shadows and dark crevices of her heart. with each tender kiss, he taught her to believe in herself again. with each caress, he made her see that she was worthy of love and affection and adoration.

despite her past. or maybe even in spite of it.

and with that said, flori turns to walk away from the man who has held her heart since she arrived at the salvatore boarding school. but if jed so chooses, he could still stop her. even the quickest vampire finches can be caught by clever hands.