crau2 pcs: rupert

[unbested]

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[agleam]

If they didn't like you because they were jealous, I think that reflects on them, not you...

[he pauses for a moment, uncomfortable]

Come on, I bet people like you plenty! Nobody here has told you they don't, right?

[unbested]

Maybe not in those exact words but... they don't say they do either! And almost everyone else here already had close friends when they got here, so...

[agleam]

[he hesitates for a moment, but...]

Hey - you said your last thing only lasted about two weeks, right? Mine was longer, but... I still only spent about that amount of time with the people there. So I definitely get feeling like you don't know the people around you that well. I bet everyone else here would like the chance to get to know you, though! You should at least give yourself that much credit.

[unbested]

[ there is probably no one else in the universe who has somehow simultaneously given himself as much and as little credit as him... ]

You think so?

[agleam]

Of course I do! Most people here are really friendly. You've just gotta put yourself out there!

[unbested]

I guess...

[agleam]

[sympathetic:]

You've really had a tough time with people before all this, huh...

[unbested]

N-no... maybe... I don't know.

[agleam]

I don't want to assume, but... It kind of seems like it. I mean, if it hadn't happened before, I'm not sure why you'd think people don't like you or that they're always talking behind your back.

[unbested]

It's just— I've gotten the grades and awards and everything I was supposed to get to be the best, and I was! But he still says the same stuff about me all the time! And now Mr. Edgeworth is butting into all my cases and proving me wrong all the time and criticizing me and making me look like an idiot in front of everybody and I don't get it!!

[agleam]

[a beat]

...Okay, you lost me there.

[unbested]

Ugh!

[ GOD IF YOU CAN'T FOLLOW HIS HALF-CRYING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE RANDOM NAMES AND AMBIGUOUS PRONOUNS YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE THE SMARTEST!!! ]

I'm saying I already proved how good I am!! So I don't get why people are suddenly finding all these problems with everything I do now! O-or why Pops never stopped finding them even when everyone else was saying good things... It's like— there's something wrong with me no matter what I do, and I don't know why!

w7, saturday.

[agleam]

[he's wandering around with porridge in his arms in all the places they can currently access, but he shifts when he sees sebastian so he can wave.]

Hey! How've you been?

[unbested]

Oh! Hey. Um, I've been... okay, I guess.

[ that is a lie but it's fine ]

I actually, uh... wanted to... apologize, I guess? For, um, being weird about stuff before...

[ he tugs on the hem of his glove self-consciously. ]

I... kind of avoided you a little after that because it was embarrassing, and... then you were gone, and I just... felt bad about it.

[agleam]

Oh...

[he seems a little surprised, but after a moment:]

Well, apology accepted, but I don't think you did anything wrong. It's not like you knew avoiding me would happen right before... You know.

[awkward.]

[unbested]

W-well, yeah, but... I just. Should have been less selfish and dumb either way. So, um, thanks.

I'm glad you're back.

[agleam]

I don't think you're either of those things.

[sincerely! but he nods.]

It is really good to be back. I missed you all a ton.

[unbested]

What did you do over there? I mean, I heard about the cannibal guy, but...