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The one thing that was highly recurring in his life was rejection. He was familiar with it from birth to now. Being a part of a large family had daily little rejections in it. Being a son of a merchant and practicing the family skills and business since he was barely double digits had a paramount of rejection in it. Having a mischievous, charismatic, and desire for intimacy or the desire to feel wanted and needed even for a night — that always had an equation for rejection. Rejection, no matter what it was, could always be disheartening though he realized as a young child that it was an occurrence no one could escape from; not even the kings and queens of the world. 

A gentle frown appeared on his face, it was subtle, [color=a93226][i]I always have too much on my mind,[/i][/color] he thought while her words swirled in his mind. It caused his body to feel a little colder and ache slightly. If that was a requirement, to have little on your mind, Sunni knew he would never succeed in whatever this was. “[color=a93226]I understand,[/color]” Was something that came out without much thought to it. Did she have to keep emphasizing? Maybe he didn’t make it clear that he understood what was between the lines? 

Her words seemed to make his presence a little brighter though his body language still seemed defensive. As if he wasn’t getting his hopes up at all. [color=a93226][i]Is she not rejecting me?[/i][/color] He was starting to feel confused about this whole interaction. [color=a93226][i]No, do not think like that. Her prior words were rejections. Elara is just being nice.[/i][/color] The man reminded himself as his amber eyes glanced over to read her facial expression. 

Then she brought up work again and he nodded in understanding — [i]I wouldn’t want to neglect my duties[/i]. Sunni found himself thinking for a moment, because he didn’t know how to respond to her words. Not at first. “[color=a93226]Let’s focus on what needs to be done for Dawnhaven then,[/color]” Was that the right thing to say? He had no clue. She seemed more into her work than not which he understood. “[color=a93226]It’s not like it’ll build itself or anything,[/color]” His tone was playful and he was trying to joke. A faint smile appeared on his expression. 

Sunni was allowing his mind to run wild as they walked and nothing was said between them. There were so many things on his mind, constantly, and so many things to do that it felt like a never ending void. A dark abyss that he was falling into forever and ever. In his mind, there was always going to be work and something new to do. That solidified his acceptance to Elara being nice. She would always be busy as well. They would never have any time for each other and it was quite selfish of him to be having a crush on someone that he didn’t know along with everything that needed to be done. He couldn’t probably focus his energy towards someone while trying to do everything he’s been doing or trying to support his best friend and his marriage. His thoughts continued to get darker and he hated himself for that. 

The man shrugged his shoulders at her words, “[color=a93226]That’s what happens in a community. You look out for each other,[/color]” He was trying to downplay his own actions to that of being general courtesy. Something that was nice and nothing more. In his mind, it was nothing more than something that should happen. With everything going on in Dawnhaven and blight born being accepted left and right, plus the being in the middle of nowhere along with the beasts of the world — looking out for each other was the least that someone else could do. 

“[color=a93226]It was pleasant,[/color]” he smiled with his words as they were spoken evenly. The man thought about her other statements and nodded his head in consideration. “[color=a93226]There is always time to talk, though you are right. We should focus on the priorities at hand. I’m sorry for distracting you from the princess,[/color]” Sunni stated without any negativity but understanding. Understanding that Elara was someone that was proud of her work and priorities. Sunni decided to smile a little more, “[color=a93226]I hope you have a good day,[/color]” With those words. He left her near the cabin and went towards his own tasks — going to work on that roof alone to at least get it done. 
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