( He winces as though the leaf would actually hurt him, quickly batting it away with his free hand.
Almost mindlessly now, he continues tugging strawberries off of their plant, this mundane task made much easier with the distraction of someone to talk to. Johnny thinks back to those days, figuring it's okay to reminisce for a little while because it's with another person. When Heather had started hanging around, it was weird -- not because there was a girl there, or anything dumb like that, but because without anything needing to be said, Johnny and Tunny knew to back right off because they'd had no chance. Weird.
Even weirder? What Heather just said. He has to stop for a moment, blinking over at her, eyebrows knit together. )
But - I don't want to change. I still wanna be me through all of this, you know?
( Gods forbid he becomes someone else. We know how terribly that would turn out. )
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Almost mindlessly now, he continues tugging strawberries off of their plant, this mundane task made much easier with the distraction of someone to talk to. Johnny thinks back to those days, figuring it's okay to reminisce for a little while because it's with another person. When Heather had started hanging around, it was weird -- not because there was a girl there, or anything dumb like that, but because without anything needing to be said, Johnny and Tunny knew to back right off because they'd had no chance. Weird.
Even weirder? What Heather just said. He has to stop for a moment, blinking over at her, eyebrows knit together. )
But - I don't want to change. I still wanna be me through all of this, you know?
( Gods forbid he becomes someone else. We know how terribly that would turn out. )