<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u">On the Rocks</span></strong></span></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/siPDgO7.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Albion<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>April 14th, 2021, 9 PM~<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>"Deadline" All-Day Diner<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Nerissa<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong>Drunken Revelations, getting slightly less drunk<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>As pictured, partially loose, minus tie<br/><br/><hr/><br/>"Huh...? Hey, you're being pretty serious there, y'know?" Albion blinked as his date held his head between her hands. She was all kinds of cute when she worried about him like that. "You're being silly... Toshishishi didn't give me enough to be able to do that. Heehee, he knew I had suicidal tendencies so he gave the bare minimum. But I never used them so I'm fine." He gave a friendly shrug, though part of him felt exceptionally warm to see her hugging him so intently. Even in his drunken state, something about the gesture made him smile... And not in the dopey way he usually did while inebriated. "I... Look forward to being fixed, I think...?"<br/><br/>Albion blinked and looked away. "I... I'm not sure. I can't even remember why it mattered... Hehe, I'm so stupid, looking for reasons to not be given affection..." It started to sound like a greater part of his drunken state had begun to wear off... Offering a little bit of clarity, but not enough to help clear the proverbial beer goggles. "She gives such warm hugs, and she outs her heart behind them... But I can't accept her heart, I'm still a bad friend for pushing her away... When she needed me most." He frowned. Ever since that time she was afflicted by heat, and he drove her away in his panic... It seemed it lingered with him, not just the act but everything that happened where she lived. "Such a bad friend..."<br/><br/>So much of a bad friend that he couldn't stop squeezing her chest! One breast, then the other... She even perked up! He gave am extra hard squeeze to both before she finally pried his hands off, though his hands continued to mimic the gesture in the air. "Extra soft...  He laughed, before lowering one hand, using the other to hold his coffee and sip some more of it.<br/><br/>The male glanced at the woman as she asked what he meant, to which he shook his head. "I meant what I said... Hehe, silly foxy., but that's why I like you. We danced on her strings, little puppets in her grand puppet show. But we couldn't all be the star... One by one we all danced, often in duets... Those who couldn't dance good were taken away... You don't realize it, do you?" He asked, a tear forcing it's way down his cheek as he looked into her eyes.<br/><br/>"<em><strong>I. Killed. Them. All.</strong></em>"<br/><br/>He let the words sink in before he pulled away, bringing a hand up to wipe his cheeks. He couldn't even find the focus to answer her point about his other friends. She probably wouldn't need to figure out any longer why he tried to keep everyone at arm's length. The 'why' of it was still a mystery, but... The deepest root of his trauma lingered in the air for her to process, and would probably remain a secret for her to keep until she was ready to confront him about it.<br/><br/>For several moments he sat in his seat, unspeaking, almost unmoving save for breathing. He stared up at the ceiling, lost to the moment even though she asked these things. When he finally did move, he reached for his coffee to drink, washing the bitter liquid against his throat and letting it flow down his gullet, before he closed his eyes. "... How could I? Knowing what I do... That it could happen to her, intentionally or not. I've lost enough in one lifetime as it is." He mumbled quietly, leaning over to rest his head on her shoulder. "Happy... I could never be happy alone. I welcome having friends... But I'm afraid. As easily as they enter my life, they can leave it... Maybe by my own hand, or some circumstance connected to me." He mumbled, closing his eyes.<br/><br/>"... Feh, I've gone and ruined the evening casting a dark cloud like that."