Not yet. It seems inevitable at this point, though. I've heard a strange few things about him, but I suppose that's as much my own fault as anything: I've only really asked after his powers.
[And, though she won't say it, it's not indicative of a lack of affection.]
I've known this boy-- not Dante, but the boy I was speaking of in my initial text-- since he was a child. It's rather natural we've grown to view each other in this light.
[She absolutely is going to, this is her beautiful . . . son? Nephew-in-the-distance?
But no, that makes her laugh, because she just realized the misunderstanding.]
I meant I'd never met /Dante/ and that I've been asking after his powers. I've known this boy-- let's call him Yoru, to save on confusion and time-- since he was a child. I taught him for a while when he was eight and I was in my early twenties, and now that he's moved back here, we're reconnecting. And he views me in a maternal light, which is flattering, but alarming.
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No?
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Not yet. It seems inevitable at this point, though. I've heard a strange few things about him, but I suppose that's as much my own fault as anything: I've only really asked after his powers.
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No. But that's not a slight.
[And, though she won't say it, it's not indicative of a lack of affection.]
I've known this boy-- not Dante, but the boy I was speaking of in my initial text-- since he was a child. It's rather natural we've grown to view each other in this light.
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You've known him since he was a child but you've never met in person? Was it a long-distance relationship?
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But no, that makes her laugh, because she just realized the misunderstanding.]
I meant I'd never met /Dante/ and that I've been asking after his powers. I've known this boy-- let's call him Yoru, to save on confusion and time-- since he was a child. I taught him for a while when he was eight and I was in my early twenties, and now that he's moved back here, we're reconnecting. And he views me in a maternal light, which is flattering, but alarming.
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But is it really that alarming? Can't you just be how you normally was while teaching him?
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