Her fingers picked at a lifting nail; the small sound being heard from the painfully awkward silence between the two of you. She glanced your way, taking note of the tense in the way you seated and clench of your jaw.

Fuck, this sucked. The brunette swallowed, her leg bouncing up and down over and over again, her lips eventually parting to speak.

To try and ease the tension between the two.

“It sucked in there, y’know? Boring as hell.” She commented, taking note of the small way your head perked up and briefly glanced at her. Rue offered small smile, waiting to see if you’d speak before continuing.

“Makes you miss a bunch’a shit you normally take for advantage...” Rue found herself trailing off, her voice running away from the sentence that her mind was screaming to say. “Missed you.” It was a quiet admission, genuine feeling in it before the teen immediately rambled on, making it seem so much less sincere than it was.

“Missed everyone.” She awkwardly added, a soft chuckle escaping her mouth.

Fuck. Why’d they have to date? Why’d they have to end things so painfully wrong before she left? Why was she stuck dealing with this right now?

Why had she willingly come to you despite her very present reluctance?

Simple. You were the only one that got her, high off both your asses on drugs or not. You never judged. If anybody was going to be normal after she came back from rehab (besides Fez, but does he really count?) she knew it’d be you.

Maybe she was wrong. But, to be fair; you were only being awkward because of them splitting. Not the part where she was sent off after OD’ing.

So maybe that was worth something?