Nova Peak Self-made confession

Kieran gritted his teeth, absolutely furious with himself. He knew it was the way of his culture, and life. Men just weren't all that confident when it came to matters of the heart. Sure they loved and they loved hard, and if the woman was anything like their mammy's well then they were lost. He however, was swimming in uncharted water and wasn't even sure what to do about it. He lifted his head and gazed at her for a moment fighting a war within himself.

Kieran felt his heart stutter and free fall, so she did have her eye on another. Then her next words caused him to flinch, what a fool. If this fella couldn't see a good girl, then he was an idiot. Not realizing that he was speaking of himself, though had he realized he would have called himself ten times a fool and more. He swallowed thickly and answered her quietly, Well, den 'e's a eejit

Her next question caused him surprise, he didn't know how to answer her. He wanted to tell her the truth, but if she liked another. He didn't want there to be awkward feelings there. However, he also remembered his mother reminding him she didn't raise cowards, she raised men. So he bit the bullet and thought over what to say. Oi chucker not want ter cause yer ter 'av any problems. An' if yer loike a fella so'tiz not me place ter git between dat. "Owever, Oi want yer ter nu. Dat shud yer decide 'e's not worth it. Oi'm 'ere an' I'd loike ter move on if ye'd 'av me. He grew quiet then and looked down. A strange look on his face, he wasn't sure what to do now, and he wanted to run, just run. He felt like ten times a fool, and strangely his heart hurt. It was he was sure from letting Kiva go and from realizing that he was too late. Kaskara already had another. Curse the shyness of his nature when it came to matters of the heart.