Board Thread:Konoha General RP/@comment-28929139-20170816063500/@comment-28929139-20170817110748

Oh yes, Kideme caught onto that instantly, and she chuckled nervously. "Hehe, we'll see." Her mind was pushed from that, however, when Deucalia suddenly got all nervous about Ace. Oh how familiar did this sound? Listening to every single plight Deucalia had to make only caused Kideme to smile wide. She watched as Deucalia went to grab her guitar and begin to strum a tune, much in the way she personally did with her shamisen or guzheng to help keep herself relaxed. "Same...for a long time I was afraid to let my walls down..."

But when Deucalia said she had it easy because of how much people liked her, Kideme immediately shook her head with a slight frown. "Believe me when I say it's much harder than being disliked. Your brother is a prime example of that. I didn't expect for him to like me much at all, and then this happens. When everyone likes you, and then you have to make a decision of you or them, they then think that you can't be trusted, that your personality is fake because of you hurting them, when honestly you didn't want to. It's easy when people dislike you because you can choose how you do things and not worry about how they'll feel. But when you're liked and you have to let people down it's...." She trailed off, glancing toward Duke's room. "It hurts. But I don't think people hate you. You're just kind of intimidating. Like... I thought you were going to beat me up when I came to talk to you about your mother." She offered with a shy smile.

"....As far as, you changing, I think you should. Your sensei and little brother are grown men and can learn to fend for themselves. Don't you want to marry, have children of your own and have a new family? How can you do that with a husband and kids if you have to feed and take care of Duke and Mr. Sensei?" If that didn't put things into perspective for Deucalia, Kideme wouldn't know what would.