{ Hardest Thing To Say Meme }

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 Sometimes the hardest things to say are also the most important. It doesn't matter how much it scares you to do so, it's finally time to be honest.

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- others go to RNG and roll numbers 1-22 then respond setting up a scenario.
- respond and have fun!

01. I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE Unfortunately, you can't keep lying to your partner/friend/family anymore. You just don't feel the same for them anymore.
02. I WOULD KILL YOU The person who means so much to you has done something completely unforgivable and now it's time to make sure they know where they stand. You would kill them if you ever got the chance.
03. I LOVE YOU, BUT... A bittersweet love confession. You know you love this person more than anything, but you're not sure you can give them what they need.
04. I DON'T TRUST YOU No matter how you feel about this person, you really can't trust them anymore.
05. SACRIFICE You're going to sacrifice yourself, for the person you're talking with or for the good of all humanity. You want them to know the reasons and that there's no stopping you.
06. TROUBLE You're in trouble and you might not make it through. You need to let at least one person know how you feel before it's too late though.
07. CRIME CONFESSION You did something you weren't proud of and now it's time to admit it.
08. DEMONS We've all got our demons and we've all got our own personal nightmares we have to face, but this time? You can't hold it all back.
09. I'M PREGNANT... Now's not the best time for it maybe or maybe you're just nervous how your partner will react, but they need to hear it.
10. BETRAYAL You've betrayed this person and you have to tell them the truth, no more running from it
11. CHEATED You've been unfaithful and it's time to tell your lover.
12. BROKEN That's it. You've had it. You are entirely broken and tired of everything.
13. AFRAID Something has you deathly afraid and you need to talk about it.
14. HELP ME You need someone to help you, bad. You can't do it alone anymore, you've tried.
15. I'M SORRY You said something or did something horrible and now it's time to ask for forgiveness.
16. YOU WERE A MISTAKE Sorry, but whoever you're talking to was the biggest mistake of your life or maybe it was just something you did together.
17. NOT WHO I SAY I AM You're so far from who they think you are, you need to finally tell the truth.
18. LET'S RUN AWAY You want to just get out, leave everything behind and be with this one person for the rest of your life.
19. ASHAMED Either you're ashamed of something they have done or something you did, either way you need to bring it up.
20. CAN'T REMEMBER The person standing in front of you looks so happy to see you, so relieved, but how do you tell them you can't remember a thing about them?
21. HOW COULD YOU You don't understand how they could treat you like they have, do what they have done when you've done nothing but be good to them.
22. YOUR CHOICE Either choose an option from above, mix and match, or make up your own idea.

 

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HELP ME

[pilot05]

He was desperate. He had nowhere else to turn. No one he was willing to trust with this particular predicament that he found himself in. Anyone else would've greeted his problem with laughter or pity, and if he was being really, truly honest? Duo was the first one who came to mind when he concocted this insane idea.

So here he was, just a little past eight, knocking on Duo's door and looking more or less like he was ready to drop. There were bags under his eyes, both of them twitching occasionally from the inhuman amounts of caffeine he'd onboarded in the last twelve hours. He was running on fumes.

[maxwellsdaemon]

Duo had just settled down for a night of doing nothing but catching up on tv when the a knock sounded at his door.

He knew he wasn't expecting anyone. So he'd planned to slob around in his PJ's. Well, mainly PJ bottoms. The shirt was also on but not buttoned. Why would he need to when he had a snuggy to curl up in? Even his hair, usually bound tight in a braid, was in a much looser one. He'd made himself some hot chocolate, curled up on his sofa and prepared to find out just what Fernando had planned for his two-timing wife... But his plans were sidelined by the knock.

There was a idea to just ignore it. To subtly turn down the TV and pretend he wasn't in. But in the end, with a sigh, Duo pulled himself up. Shrugging off the snuggy he grabbed for his robe and threw that on instead before padding barefoot to the front door.

"... Wufei?" The door opened and Duo's shock was audible. Why was Wufei, of all people, on his doorstep? "What's up? Are you... Hey, are you alright?"

[pilot05]

Wufei let out a long sigh of relief when the door opened. "I am not," he admitted, and if he was blushing, well, hopefully Duo would have the good sense to pretend he didn't notice. He swallowed heavily, because now he had to actually say the words and god wasn't showing up humiliating enough? But Duo wasn't a mind-reader, and Wufei wasn't stupid.

He took a deep breath. "I can't sleep. It's been days." Seven? Eight? He knew he'd snagged a few naps here and there, but it was nowhere near enough, and the waking up was always extremely unpleasant.

[maxwellsdaemon]

Duo cocked his head to the side... What? He couldn't sleep so... he'd come to his place?

"Alright..." Confused, but accepting what he was being told, Duo stepped to the side and made a gesture for Wufei to come on in. "We can talk inside. I'll make you a drink." Another hot chocolate, best thing to help a guy relax and fall asleep!

[pilot05]

Tension eased out of him as he stepped inside. "I'm not entirely certain I'll make much sense right now," he admitted, toeing his shoes off and tucking them neatly next to the door. "Every time I fall asleep, I wake up screaming within thirty minutes." Well, maybe not screaming, but close enough.

[maxwellsdaemon]

He closed the door behind Wufei. A small smile curved the corner of his lips when shoes came off, but he waited for him to do that before directing Wufei to his small living room.

Duo's house wasn't big. It was cosy. It was more than he'd ever owned in his life. And he loved it. It even had a garden out back! The sofa was a comfy one and Duo gestured for Wufei to sit. "You know what triggered them?" He asked in concern. In the past he'd had his fair share of nights like that. But there had always been something to set him off... The list of shit he'd had to avoid back then was as long as his arm. But he'd managed. Somehow.

[pilot05]

He sighed heavily as he sank into the couch, closing his eyes for a long moment. "It's stupid," he replied wearily. "Extremely stupid. Sally is pregnant."

[maxwellsdaemon]

"Uh, congrats?" Duo was more than a little shocked, but he managed to grin despite it. "Remind me to give her a call later!"

He liked Sally. If she was going to have a kid... Well that just gave Duo an excuse to go out and buy baby things as gifts! He'd never done it before and had always wanted the chance. But he didn't know anyone with kids he could fuss over.

Then he blinked. The grin fading to confusion.

"Hold up. Why's that giving you nightmares?"

[pilot05]

The response had him snorting. "It's not mine," thank every ancestor he had, it wasn't his. That would've been even worse.

He rubbed both hands over his face and leaned forward, dropping his bag to the floor next to his feet. "If I knew that, I would be able to stop them," probably. At the very least he would be less distressed by them.

[maxwellsdaemon]

"Ah..." Not his. Shock again but he shook his head and smiled an apology.

"You've time to think about the answer. I'll go get that drink. Make yourself at home, Wufei." He reached down and spread his snuggy over Wufei's lap. Then he patted his knee. "Relax. Won't be long."

Then he was off. Duo left Wufei on the sofa and took himself to the kitchen to make another mug of hot chocolate. It was a simple treat. Something Duo had only had once he'd gotten to Earth. Now it was a nightly treat he enjoyed greatly before bed. He hoped Wufei would enjoy the same.

[pilot05]

He nodded numbly, sinking into the sofa and letting it ease some of the tension out of him. It took a minute for his mind to track the conversation properly, so while Duo was in the midst of fixing that hot cocoa, he realized something mildly alarming.

"Do people think I'm sleeping with her?" Somewhere between shock, horror, and unmistakable disgust. He liked Sally, he did, but certainly not like that.

[maxwellsdaemon]

"Uh... no?" Duo replied weakly, realising his error in his assumption.

"So who was the lucky guy then?" He called over his shoulder, trying for a different approach.

[pilot05]

He let out a sigh of relief. "Someone named Jacob. An analyst working out of Brussels," he replied, happy to shift the focus. "He's nice, very boring, reliable. He'll make a good father."

He swallowed hard, rubbing the heels of his hands at his eyes. "Handsome enough that she teased me about being jealous," he snorted.

[maxwellsdaemon]

"Jealous he got her not you? Kinda harsh..." He didn't think Sally was that cruel. She had a sharp tongue and a wicked sense of humour, it was one of the things Duo had liked about her. But he'd never figured her as a nasty kind of person.

Duo returned to the front room with a mug in hand. The mug was a gift. The mug had pictures of parrots on it. He'd once seen a parrot and had been so enamoured by it that he'd spent days and days watching parrot videos and had seriously contemplated buying one. Until he realised they were hard work. A friend had gotten him the mug instead. Which he now handed to Wufei with a grin. "Careful. It's hot."

[pilot05]

Wufei flushed darkly, huffing out a laugh. And here he thought he'd been as easy to read as a book. "Jealous of her," he corrected with a shake of his head.

He accepted the mug with both hands, cradling it like something precious and fragile. "Thank you," he said, gazing into the chocolate. He blew on it, then sipped it as reverently as any tea, letting out another long sigh of relief as the warmth seeped through him. "What's in this?" he asked, his eyes closed as he savored it.

[maxwellsdaemon]

"... You liked the guy too?" No judgement, it took all sorts. Maybe a little subtle surprise because hadn't Wufei been married? Though, again, that lead straight back to 'all sorts'. Being married didn't much mean anything, but if Wufei liked guys too he'd kept it under wraps. Not like Quatre's out and proud approach at least.

"Hot chocolate. Just a packet mix but I add a bit extra syrup and cream." Duo smiled happily, pleased that Wufei's refined pallet had accepted his humble drink. He sat himself down beside Wufei and reached for his own. No longer a hot chocolate but a warm one but still he'd drink it. Even if it had gone ice cold he'd drink it. Waste wasn't something Duo much approved of. "Helps me relax. Hoped maybe it'd help you too."

[pilot05]

"A little," Wufei conceded. "He had dimples." Apparently, Wufei liked dimples, and gazing into mugs of hot cocoa as he contemplated life. "I've given up on having that, though. Relationships. I'm a bit too," he hummed as he paused, like he had to think up the right phrasing, "fucked up."

Despite his better judgement, he was relaxing, feeling himself finally starting to drift in the direction of at least a nap. "It's not like I'd know how to do it, anyway. Nataku and I never got along, not until it was too late, and that was arranged. No need to impress her, or even pretend that I gave a shit about any of it. I didn't even stay for the whole wedding," he snorted. "I was a stubborn little shit." Still was, by all accounts.

[maxwellsdaemon]

He couldn't help it, he laughed.

"Dimples is what gets your motor running, huh? Fair enough. Everyone's got their thing." Then he laughed again. Wufei swearing was always amusing to him. "We're all fucked up. Doesn't mean we don't deserve a slice of what others have. You just need to find the right pair of dimples for you."

Duo sipped at his hot chocolate and listened to the rest of what Wufei had to say. It was so rare for him to talk about his wife. So whenever he did, Duo always paid attention. It was a strange thing to hear about, arranged marriages were one thing, but they'd been so young. How could they possibly have been able to get along?

"You were a kid." Duo pointed out. "It'd probably be different if you were old enough to know what the fuck was going on. But what does a little kid know about love and marriage?"

[pilot05]

He chuckled, too, sipping at his cocoa and humming in agreement. "Oh, I thought I knew everything, but so did she," and they hadn't stopped squabbling until the Alliance showed up, trying to kill them all. He sighed heavily, gazing into his mug again like it held all the answers he needed in its chocolatey depths. "You know what's really fucked up? They had her eggs. After she'd died, they saved her ovaries, wanted me to raise her children if I survived the war," but they'd been destroyed with the rest of the colony.

Or so he hoped. There could be an intact canister floating out in space somewhere, still preserved. The idea made his stomach churn. "That's another nightmare scenario I didn't need to give myself," he grumbled, and downed the rest of the cocoa like it was liquor.

[maxwellsdaemon]

"... That's fucked up." All humour was gone then and without really meaning to, Duo had reached out a hand to rest it on Wufei's in what he hoped was a comforting gesture.

"Listen, don't think about that, right? Easier said than done I know. But that shit is so far beyond your control it's not even worth considering." And he was sorry. Because he kind of thought Wufei would make a great dad. But he kept that to himself for now, not sure if saying so would upset him more.

[pilot05]

He looked up when Duo touched him, blinking slowly like he couldn't quite process what was happening. He sighed softly, his cheeks dusting pink as he turned his hand over for Duo, setting his mug aside as he tried not to think too much about the feel of Duo's callouses. "What should I think about?" Because everything that popped into his mind was exactly wrong right now.

[maxwellsdaemon]

He'd not quite expected Wufei to react like that to his touch, but it was done now so... Duo went ahead and curled his fingers around the hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.

"Anything! You've gotta have a happy memory in that head of yours. Find it. Think about that. Or... or I was gonna watch a movie before turning in, sit and watch it with me. Switch off your thoughts and just forget about everything bothering you." Duo grinned. "You're safe here, Wu."

[pilot05]

For some reason, that just made the pink in his cheeks get even darker. He grunted softly, letting his fingers curl around Duo's hand in return. "A movie sounds good," even if it meant letting go of the hand in his.

He let his mind wander, to a memory that wasn't exactly happy, but one that sometimes soothed the pain in his chest when he was busy feeling sorry for himself.

[maxwellsdaemon]

He gave the hand another little squeeze before he took it back and reached for the tv control. Duo was in a relatively good mood, and given how stressed Wufei was, he didn't bring attention to that blush. Embarrassing Wufei when he was down wasn't on Duo's list of priorities right then.

"You've a preference on the kinda movie you wanna watch?" Honestly, Duo was easy when it came to watching tv. He'd watch anything! "Or is action comedy good enough?"

[pilot05]

He shrugged when Duo grabbed the remote. "Do you have one of the old Jackie Chan movies?" They seemed like something Duo would enjoy, and Wufei knew he'd enjoy seeing the unusual application of martial arts. At least until he nodded off, hopefully for a few hours.