Secrets between foxes

[Ryland Ren]

Have you even closed your last chapter? :(

And I've told him
I changed my number
And then all this happened

[Alva Ren]

No, I haven't. I'm sitting in this taxi holding Rae's hand so obviously no. But our problems aren't the same as yours and Aldon's...

I did offer to ask Aldon instead of you.
Are you sure you didn't just want to talk to him? Because you missed him and
Maybe you were looking for an excuse to talk to him without having to admit it?

[Ryland Ren]

Sometimes I hate that you know me so well.

[Alva Ren]

You're basically me with working legs, let's be real. :3

Come on Ry, be honest with yourself. Do you really REALLY want to move on from Aldon? Or can you maybe
Meet the other guy and see what's there for yourself, with your own eyes?

Maybe it's not as bad as you think. Maybe they're not as strong as you and Aldon were. You don't know until you see it.

[Ryland Ren]

So what, I'm just supposed to wait for them to break up and swoop in?
Or be some part of a weirdo triangle with somebody I hate?

How can it not be as bad as I think?
He's never claimed to love anybody else
ROMANTICALLY
and now he won't let go of this guy because he loves him.

It doesn't matter if I want to move on or not, Alva. Because I HAVE to.
I'm not going to be some pining idiot waiting around for nothing.

[Alva Ren]

Ry, you can't hate someone you've never met. You don't hate the other guy.
I think you hate the idea of him. Because you think he makes Aldon happy the way you want to make Aldon happy.

Nobody makes Aldon happy the way you do. I've seen you guys, I know what love looks like.
But I think Aldon's scared, Ry. Can't you see what's happening right now?

Aldon doesn't want to let go of the other guy because he's afraid that he won't have anybody if he chose you and you left him again. And you're not really making a good case for yourself, sweetheart. You're hurting yourself and you're hurting Aldon and it just makes him even more afraid to come back to you. You're

Closing your heart to him. You're scaring him.

[Ryland Ren]

Because I don't know what ELSE TO DO!
What am I supposed to do?!

[Alva Ren]

Stop
Being so angry and stop taking out your frustrations on everyone else

Stop and breathe and trust your own feelings. You know Aldon loves you but he's terrified and he's been backed into a corner.

Listen to him, Ry. Really listen and try to see where he's coming from. Open your eyes and your ears and your heart to him.

...respect his feelings, too, Ry.

[Ryland Ren]

I'm not angry!

Okay I'm angry. I just don't
understand him
And when I try to listen to him he just makes me more
ugh!

[Alva Ren]

Angry?
He makes you more angry? And then you shout him down and he goes away with his tail between his legs? That's why you have to listen, you silly.

You're a clever fox, Ry. You can put it all together, I know you can!

[Ryland Ren]

Shit
Okay
So
That's what I do.
It's hard not to when he

Never mind
I think I get it

[Alva Ren]

Believe me, I want to yell at Aldon all the time, too. I know how you feel.

But if this is the guy your heart says is the one then... what can you do, you know?
If you find yourself getting super mad, stop and count to ten. Maybe twenty if he says something dumb.

You got this, Ry.

[Ryland Ren]

I've got a stupid heart.
A stupid heart that's got no taste.

God, Alva. Why didn't you tell me I was screwing so badly with his head?
Now I feel as dumb as I thought he was...

[Alva Ren]

Hey, don't be putting this on me, mister, I'm not complicit in this! :P

Besides, you were only doing what you thought was right at the time. Don't be too hard on yourself.
Are you guys talking it out now? Are things going okay?

[Ryland Ren]

I can't tell what it is.
I'm trying to put myself in his shoes
but I really don't like what I see from here, gotta tell you...