make amends

[makoeyespuppy]

Zack stared at the door. This was ridiculous, and he knew it. He'd been standing in front of the door for the better part of a minute, staring at it like an idiot, and his hands were sweating under the leather of his gloves. This was supposed to be a good thing, and still could turn out that way; there was no reason to act as though he were facing

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[l_brokensword_l]

Angeal was sitting on the bed with a foil-covered glass pan of brownies next to him. He looked up worriedly as Zack peeked in. "The chocolate's still melty."

[l_brokensword_l]

"I meant in terms of 'do you need to vent?'" Angeal met his eyes worriedly.

[makoeyespuppy]

He laughed quietly. "The world isn't fair because I can't indulge an inappropriate crush on my teacher even though I have two lovers waiting for me at home? That sounds dumb, even to me."

[l_brokensword_l]

Angeal sighed, noticing the phrasing Zack used. "It's not inappropriate. I said it would have been inappropriate for me to allow such a relationship, while I was mentoring you. As of right now, I am honored you think of me that way, I just cannot reciprocate."

"You... brought me here for a reason. There was more to it than that."

[makoeyespuppy]

"I brought you here because you insisted that we needed to talk," Zack said, completely bewildered. He stared at Angeal, his eyes darkening suddenly. "Look, I'm not gonna jump you or anything. I get it. It's not gonna happen. How many times do we need to go over it?"

[l_brokensword_l]

"I didn't say you were going to. I just wanted to help. Should we play a game? Do you want a brownie