Damn, Daniel
straight into the deep end, daniel
“Daniel!”
“Kimi!”
“Are you being sarcastic again or are you genuinely happy to see me?”
“A bit of both.”
“Aw. That’s kind of cute.”
“Don’t take it too much to heart. My family’s doing my head in. It’s nice to be able to leave the house and catch a break, y’know.”
“Oh, I know.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Mmhmm.”
“You know, you seem to be closed off with me.”
“Do I?”
“Yeah, you are. What’s up with that?”
“I thought we already established that whoever has the camera gets to ask the questions….oh. You have a camera on you, don’t you?”
“Considering my phone comes with a video camera, yeah I do. Now it's my turn.”
“We haven’t finished your turn yet!”
“Too bad. First question, why are you so closed off?”
“I like how you dive straight into the deep end, Daniel.”
“It’s the way I roll, Kimi.”
“It is, is it?”
“Kimi, answer the question.”
“I’d say I’m a naturally guarded person.”
“So you’re saying that nothing happened for you to deflect uncomfortable questions and give me vague answers?”
“When you put it like that, yes?”
…
“Fine, no. You’re right. Something did happen.”
“May I ask what happened?”
“Isn’t it kind of obvious?”
“Is it?”
“It is to me.”
“Spell it out, then.”
“People are guarded because they don’t want to get hurt. They use it as a defence mechanism to keep the pain from recurring.”
“You’ve been hurt before?”
“Yeah.”
“Do you want to talk about it?”
“Not particularly.”
“Remember when you called me Danny Boy and I said I didn’t like it because I associated it with a bad memory?”
“Yeah?”
“The bad memory had to do with my ex.”
“Not to be rude, but India was fucking psychotic.”
“She was. She called me Danny Boy all the time and I hated it.”
“Why’d you let her call you it if you didn’t like the nickname?”
“Because I loved her. And I let her push me around.”
“Do you regret the relationship?”
“Yes and no. I don’t regret her, because I learned so much about what it means to be in a relationship, but I do regret not breaking up with her the first time. Or the many times after that when I tried to and she wouldn’t let me.”
“You make it sound like she forced you.”
“I had a choice and I chose with my dick, not my head.”
“At least you’re being honest.”
“One of us has to.”
“Kimi!”
“Are you being sarcastic again or are you genuinely happy to see me?”
“A bit of both.”
“Aw. That’s kind of cute.”
“Don’t take it too much to heart. My family’s doing my head in. It’s nice to be able to leave the house and catch a break, y’know.”
“Oh, I know.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Mmhmm.”
“You know, you seem to be closed off with me.”
“Do I?”
“Yeah, you are. What’s up with that?”
“I thought we already established that whoever has the camera gets to ask the questions….oh. You have a camera on you, don’t you?”
“Considering my phone comes with a video camera, yeah I do. Now it's my turn.”
“We haven’t finished your turn yet!”
“Too bad. First question, why are you so closed off?”
“I like how you dive straight into the deep end, Daniel.”
“It’s the way I roll, Kimi.”
“It is, is it?”
“Kimi, answer the question.”
“I’d say I’m a naturally guarded person.”
“So you’re saying that nothing happened for you to deflect uncomfortable questions and give me vague answers?”
“When you put it like that, yes?”
…
“Fine, no. You’re right. Something did happen.”
“May I ask what happened?”
“Isn’t it kind of obvious?”
“Is it?”
“It is to me.”
“Spell it out, then.”
“People are guarded because they don’t want to get hurt. They use it as a defence mechanism to keep the pain from recurring.”
“You’ve been hurt before?”
“Yeah.”
“Do you want to talk about it?”
“Not particularly.”
“Remember when you called me Danny Boy and I said I didn’t like it because I associated it with a bad memory?”
“Yeah?”
“The bad memory had to do with my ex.”
“Not to be rude, but India was fucking psychotic.”
“She was. She called me Danny Boy all the time and I hated it.”
“Why’d you let her call you it if you didn’t like the nickname?”
“Because I loved her. And I let her push me around.”
“Do you regret the relationship?”
“Yes and no. I don’t regret her, because I learned so much about what it means to be in a relationship, but I do regret not breaking up with her the first time. Or the many times after that when I tried to and she wouldn’t let me.”
“You make it sound like she forced you.”
“I had a choice and I chose with my dick, not my head.”
“At least you’re being honest.”
“One of us has to.”
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lowkey loving how this story is progressing so far