<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/7Xtr3Ny.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Lucan Torit (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=259664.msg12827934#msg12827934)<br/><strong>Age:</strong>17<br/><strong>House:</strong>Hufflepuff<br/><strong>Patronus:</strong>Nightjar<br/><strong>Sexual Orientation:</strong>Unsure<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>White button up shirt with top two buttons undone, black jacket, black slacks, and clean shoes.<br/><strong>Date:</strong>September 2nd 2018, Morning<br/><strong>Location:</strong>School Grounds<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lila Lovegood<br/><br/><hr/><hr/><br/>Lucan wasn't prepared for what he'd walked into. Lila seemed to have some kind of mini-breakdown and he didn't feel skilled enough to handle it. They weren't extremely good friends, but he knew about her and had talked to her on several occasions. He knew that Silas liked to hang out with Tidus and Lila liked to hang out with Tidus and he liked to hang out with Silas; so by default, he had been in the situation to be around all of them at once on occasion. Though he tended to just hang around in the back and watch and listen. He was hardly an active participant in most social situations. Lila poured out about being in love and how to handle it and how she wondered what she should do. Lucan wasn't sure how to respond. He felt like he'd made a grave mistake in coming to check on her. This was Geoffrey territory. He was the one who knew how to talk to people. Really talk to them, not the half-assed talking that Silas made due with.<br/><br/>He knew he had to say something. It wasn't like he could just get up and walk away. She was obviously in pain and by coming over to her, he'd put himself in the position to be the one to take care of her. At least till one of her better friends came along.<br/><br/>"Oh...uh..." he slowly sat down next to her and looked out at the lake. She asked for his advice on a situation he had never been in. How would it feel to be in love with someone that didn't love him back? Lucan wasn't entirely sure. He assumed it hurt, just because that seemed to be the nature of unreturned love, "Well, I can't say I'm the best person to ask about it. Uhhhh, Considering my best friend is Silas, I mostly just see him getting slapped. I'm not sure slapping whoever this is would work for you though. Doesn't seem to help the girls who do it to Silas," some of them even went back to him a second time, "I really don't think there is anything you can do."<br/><br/>He hated to not give her some kind of hope, but he'd never read a story were one-sided love worked out, "You put how you feel out there and if he doesn't feel the same, then it's for the best to move on. I can't imagine that it would be easy to do so, but it's not really your choice. It's not his obligation to love you back, as sucky as that might be. If you're really his friend and you want to be a part of his life, you won't force him to make the choice between loving you or not having you around. As you said, this is our last year. I think I would rather have a friend that's known me all these years at my side for our final school days than to not have them around. It could be hard and painful for you, but you have to decide whether it will be more painful to just be his friend or to not be his friend at all."<br/><br/>Lucan realized he might be being harsh. It sounded logical. Be his friend and deal with it or don't be his friend and be alone. Though once emotions were involved, it seemed trickier, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to sound so harsh. It's just...you can't build your life around someone who might not love you. Why does him being or not being in your life determine that you'll be on the roadside? Why can't you go off on your own and have an adventure?"<br/><br/>He thought for a moment, "It's not Silas, is it? Please tell me it's not Silas. I know you're a smarter girl than that, Lila."