"That's opinion. I'm busy. We'll hang out another time, okay? I'm just busy right now with stuff." It sounded lame even to her ears. But sounding lame was better than admitting what was going on.
Vax wasn't inclined to leave a friend alone who was worrying him, especially not one who was being so bad at hiding that something was wrong. He'd made that mistake before and it had come back to bite him in the ass in a quite literal sense. Peony was not going to be a redux of Kynan. So Vax didn't move.
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"I told you I was busy." A muffled grumble returned.
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"'S fine. I'll be here when you're done."