If it was possible for his shoulders to get any more tense they would have done at this question; as it was he was already at risk of developing a medical condition from how tightly his muscles were bound up. He shouldn't have said anything. He'd known that was a mistake. Now she wanted to know why he was avoiding the party, and she was far more direct than he was. She airways had been.
His options now, as he saw them: lie so egregiously that she would take his words at face value, and then try to keep up the lie for the rest of his life; or dodge. The truth was positively not on the table. If they'd been on better terms he might have tried to seduce her — a dodge, but an effective one — but given the state of their relationship that might look just as suspicious as his sudden declaration that they could skip the party.
"I'm just — tired," he said. Dodge. "This is tiring. It's not you. I'm tired. "
His options now, as he saw them: lie so egregiously that she would take his words at face value, and then try to keep up the lie for the rest of his life; or dodge. The truth was positively not on the table. If they'd been on better terms he might have tried to seduce her — a dodge, but an effective one — but given the state of their relationship that might look just as suspicious as his sudden declaration that they could skip the party.
"I'm just — tired," he said. Dodge. "This is tiring. It's not you. I'm tired. "
Lou made this! <3