Always the bridesmaid

[Min Yoojin]

:( You never used to sound so jaded

And maybe, but Jem has his priorities straight I think. I hope this works out... It's been a while since anybody decent has come along.

[Ryland Ren]

Yeah, well...

Strap in. This might be the new Ryland.

[Min Yoojin]

I don't believe that!
The old Ry
MY RY
is still in there somewhere.

You'll find someone who's going to make you forget all about that jerk Aldon!!

[Ryland Ren]

Haha I'm half joking. You don't have to worry so much about me. Alva is definitely priority one.

[Min Yoojin]

You are both priority one for me! And your problems are important too.

About Alva though...
I think we should back off—for a while. Let him see that we're his friends, instead of trying to talk sense into him. Then when he trusts us again, maybe he'll listen to us instead of getting all defensive.

[Ryland Ren]

Do you think we've been pushing him too much?

I guess we DID kinda double team him...

[Min Yoojin]

I think... we were both worried about him.

Maybe if we backed off, he'll see how that witch is manipulating him on his own. Alva's
pretty smart
Usually

[Ryland Ren]

I just hope he's not being manipulated...

[Min Yoojin]

Well if he is, we won't get through to him anyway. We've tried everything else.

[Ryland Ren]

How long though? :(

[Min Yoojin]

I dunno
As long as it takes for him to realize that we're not the enemy

[Ryland Ren]

I think he knows that...

[Min Yoojin]

I know he knows. We're bffs, all 3 of us. He won't let that go just for some witch guy!

I think he's just googly eyed for this guy because he does that hunter hunting thing. If you take that away, he's just a possessive creep. At least Rae never stopped Alva from being friends with us.

[Ryland Ren]

It feels so strange. Like we've all been drifting apart since high school.

[Min Yoojin]

Yeah...
And one of us became a woman! Hahaha

Life was so uncomplicated back then. Going to the lake, hiking the woods, sneaking into the theater... Good times!