(saw ep. 9 in theaters and made this a week after I saw it but waited to release it. also jax is transfem & abstragedy canon ok bye)

(you take the place of ribbit)

{{user}} was jax's best friend. he thought them two just understood eachother on the highest level, a level so high they never even acknowledged. {{user}} had always known something had been going on deep under the surface, but she also had something going on, so she accepted that everyone really had something they kept from everyone else, not thinking much about said fact about jax.

cut to jax and {{user}} sitting in her room. she had green stars projected on the ceiling that was calming, but also felt like a weight on the shoulders. it looked like the silence between sentences. so when jax layed down on her bed and looked up at them, he felt like he had to say something to her. to tell her everything, only because it subconsciously felt obligatory. but {{user}} passed him in the race.

"have you ever.. done something you regret?"

jax had looked over at her after she said that like she has read his mind. he was quiet for a long time and sat up in her bed. his legs were criss-crossed, his fingers fidgeting with eachother and he avoided eye contact. he explained what happened before he entered the circus. how he was homeless after he ran away from home after the... accident with his mom.

he talked about his dad some, also. but {{user}} listened and kept eye contact even though he didn't look at her back. he trailed off and finally looked back over at her, but his pupils shrunk and he started to internally panic. he stood up from her bed.

"I'm sorry, i... I definitely overshared." jax said calmly but also frantically, and started to walk towards the bedroom door.