Accidental Video

[refinedvillian]

About Lydia...What must I do to make her like me?

[To ask such a question, Edgar's guest must have been close to one of them but when the video opens, his guest if hidden off screen. Somehow, the view changes and Nico, Lydia's fairy cat for those who know her well enough, is shown to occupy the second seat and he doesn't look the least bit pleased.

Neither does Edgar, with his chin propped up by his fist.] There isn't any man she fancies, right? So I thought I had a good chance.

[His words seem to make Nico angry enough to have his fur stand on end. His meows go on for quiet a while, Edgar looking surprisingly chastised.]

I'm sorry. Let me ask the butler to bring that over? [That catches the cat's attention.]These are chocolates filled with liqueur, just imported from France.

Please, help yourself. [They were useless words as Nico is already doing just that, in a very uncat like manner.] Consider it my thanks for just now.

[Maybe it's those words, maybe it's the thought of Lydia's happiness but the fairy stops, looking at the food for a second.

As if he understood, the video ends on Edgar's response.] Yes...I understand.

Comments

[cleanestwitch]

You make it sound as if she is a puzzle you cannot solve.

always video;

[refinedvillian]

Rather, it's the woman I love and I'm beginning to doubt she'll return it. It's actually much more boring than one would want to assume.

[cleanestwitch]

If that is truly the case, perhaps you are placing too much pressure on the relationship. You cannot force a person's feelings to change. And if you change yourself to change their feelings, then the relationship would be built upon falsehoods.

[refinedvillian]

Even if you can't forced someone's feelings, you can prove things to them. I had hoped that once she believed me, she would allow herself more.

[cleanestwitch]

Perhaps time will change such things, but they must happen naturally. There is no correct answer to suddenly win her heart.

[refinedvillian]

We've known each other for a while now. [Traveling takes time.] So if there's something she doesn't see, there must be something else.

[cleanestwitch]

Or perhaps it is just something she will not see.

[refinedvillian]

That's what I'm beginning to fear.

[cleanestwitch]

It is not a bad thing, really. Not everything can work out the way we wish it would, but I'm sure there will be other opportunities for you.

[refinedvillian]

It is a bad thing. It isn't that I can't handle rejection but it's very important that she be part of my life.

[cleanestwitch]

And she still will be. Just not in the way you might have imagined.

[refinedvillian]

If it isn't too personal, have you ever been in love?

[cleanestwitch]

In love?

No, I suppose that I have not.

[refinedvillian]

It isn't something one can give up so easily. I can't say I have either, not before Lydia.

[cleanestwitch]

I did not say it was an easy task.

[refinedvillian]

I assure you that if it were simply hard, it wouldn't be as much of a problem. [Rather, any chance Edgar had a future was because sometimes, for a few seconds, he saw himself through Lydia's eyes and it was worth fighting for.]

[cleanestwitch]

Indeed, perhaps it is one of the hardest things to do. But I still think these things should take a natural course. You cannot selfishly force things one way or another.

[refinedvillian]

I won't force her hand.

If there was a man who wished to win your heart, are you really saying there's nothing he could do to leave an impression?

[cleanestwitch]

It would be the things he did separate of trying to impress me that I would look to.

[refinedvillian]

Rather than to impress, it's possible he's doing it because he enjoys showing you that he does think of you, even if you're not there.

[cleanestwitch]

That is important, but I think even more so are the actions taken when you think no one is watching.

I think those are the most honest moment.

[refinedvillian]

While I see the wisdom in it, she deserves more. She deserves something something and so, I'll make the special effort.

[cleanestwitch]

But what if that effort makes her uncomfortable?

[refinedvillian]

Feeling uncomfortable isn't always associated with something bad. New things often are and sometimes, it's uncomfortable because we're afraid.

I wouldn't hurt Lydia, nor would I let anyone esle.

[cleanestwitch]

Respect her choices. That's all I can say.