From: formaldehyde	Date: January 17th, 2011 12:28 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Life has a tendency of doing that," Ben nodded, slightly smiling back. "You don't have to thank me."

She didn't have to hug him either. Though luckily enough he'd learned a long time ago to stop recoiling when people hugged him. He stiffened for a moment, caught a little by surprised at the sudden display of affection, but relaxed and even seemed to find it in him to wrap an arm around her back.

"Just... try not to worry so much about it, okay?" He said quietly, "You'll make yourself sick."

	From: learntofly	Date: January 20th, 2011 04:56 am (UTC)		(Link)

She felt his reluctance at first but was relieved when he wrapped an arm around her back. She didn't want to let go but she knew she would have to. She felt that heavy regret flip her stomach but she pushed all that out of her head for a minute, she would have to deal with boy issues later.

She nodded against his chest and sighed. "I'll try," she took a step back and smiled at him. "You're really great Ben," she said quietly.

	From: formaldehyde	Date: January 26th, 2011 05:48 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"I'm not," Ben shrugged. "You're just... kind of my only real friend." He rubbed the palms of his hands on the bedspread reflexively.

"You'd do the same for me."

	From: learntofly	Date: January 26th, 2011 06:11 pm (UTC)		(Link)

She just wanted to hug him all over again but she knew it was a bad idea so she grabbed her left elbow with her right arm and swayed a bit to the side. It meant a lot to hear him say that and it hurt even more that she felt like she betrayed him.

"I would Ben," she nodded. "Anything you need, I'm here, ok?" the sincerity on her face was palpable as she looked her her friend.