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You kissed me first

作者: Riel
last update publish date: 2026-06-05 23:00:10

DAMON'S POV

Decide, she says.

As if it were that simple.

But it wasn’t a decision.

It was never that simple.

She waits across from me, expectant.

She wants an answer. I want to give her one.

I’m just not sure how to string the words together.

Closing my eyes, I run a hand down my face.

“This may sound unbelievable,” I start.

Pause.

Sigh.

Continue.

“But I don’t think I hated you.”

Silence.

Michaela stares at me.

Then—

she laughs.

Long, loud, and hard. She is wheezing at the end
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Riel
About your brother, I think he may have thought bullying was a sign of being a grown up. Or it may have just simply been an unconscious habit imitation
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Riel
You'd find them quoting what mum said while making pancakes. Or what dad said while fixing the car. Because without their own opinions, everything seems 3 times wiser. And sometimes it's really just unconscious.
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Riel
That is true. Kids are blank canvases at the time. And what they spend a lot of time seeing, they do. The imitation, I think, just come more easily then.
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