12-28-2015, 02:45 AM
"Sure thing..." Steve felt awkward sitting next to Will with nothing to distract them. He had already made himself clear, and so had Will, but he felt an odd tension between them. Or maybe that was all in his head...
Something a little off-kilter occurred to him. He wasn't too sure about asking it, but the worst thing that Will could say was 'no'. "...I never really thought about it until today, but you remember how you told me how to get on John and Murray's good side? That was a little weird. I probably wouldn't have talked to them at all if you hadn't said anything. Even if I did, I wouldn't feign any interest in them but just tell them that I wasn't in a good place to be chummy. And now you know that I wasn't. All I really planned to do once I moved in was to just keep to myself." He let his hands rest on his full stomach. He thought about how small this building was. "I guess since you only needed one tenant that you wanted someone who could be friends with everyone. But you got me instead..."
Steve coughed as the generator kicked on. "Pardon me for asking, but...if I wasn't expected to just 'be a pal' to those two, do you think me living here could have worked out? I'm not trying to pressure you into changing your mind, believe me. I know where you stand, this is all hypothetical. But it really seems to me that the whole 'test week' thing really tried to force things to be what they couldn't be all around. Even then, I could have handled it all better, but...well. That's what I think, anyway."
Something a little off-kilter occurred to him. He wasn't too sure about asking it, but the worst thing that Will could say was 'no'. "...I never really thought about it until today, but you remember how you told me how to get on John and Murray's good side? That was a little weird. I probably wouldn't have talked to them at all if you hadn't said anything. Even if I did, I wouldn't feign any interest in them but just tell them that I wasn't in a good place to be chummy. And now you know that I wasn't. All I really planned to do once I moved in was to just keep to myself." He let his hands rest on his full stomach. He thought about how small this building was. "I guess since you only needed one tenant that you wanted someone who could be friends with everyone. But you got me instead..."
Steve coughed as the generator kicked on. "Pardon me for asking, but...if I wasn't expected to just 'be a pal' to those two, do you think me living here could have worked out? I'm not trying to pressure you into changing your mind, believe me. I know where you stand, this is all hypothetical. But it really seems to me that the whole 'test week' thing really tried to force things to be what they couldn't be all around. Even then, I could have handled it all better, but...well. That's what I think, anyway."