The Meeting

                                    

                                          
In the wait for Mairusu to finish his conversation with the woman, I tried thinking about how I should approach Veronica. As I did so, my mind kept drawing blanks. After the way I talked to her, there was no natural way for me to confront her casually. What on Earth am I meant to say?
Y/N: Hey, whats up Veronica?!   Nah, that's too upfront...   Veronica, we have to talk!   God, that sounds way too dire.   Heeey V...   Yeah, absolutely not.
Nothing I thought of worked, I couldn't think of what to say. I'm screwed, there's nothing I can say. She's just gonna hate me for the rest of her life, and it's all my fault for being a dick to her. How could I be so immature? I'm a complete fool for what I've done, we were cool before and now I've done this stupid ass shit for nothing!
Mary: Something bothering you?
I looked to my left, Mary stood with her hands ok her hips. I didn't even notice her coming towards me... man, I get way too lost in my thoughts don't I? I mean, how many times now? She wasn't wrong, I was certainly very bothered by something.
Y/N: I um... I kinda fucked up this morning. Veronica's mad at me.
Mary raised an eyebrow, clearly interested in what I have to say. She took a seat next to me, giving me her full attention... honestly, I wasn't expecting her of all people to be so intrigued by this. So far, my experience with her was negative... at least from her side. I didn't know enough about Mary to really have an opinion, but she didn't necessarily treat me with great kindness.
Mary: What happened? You touch her up or some shit?
Y/N: No... seriously, could you stop that? 
She shrugged, no response beyond "hmph"... you can see my point right? Who does that casually? I've met a lot of people, some who I've disliked even, but I can't ever recall implicating them as a pervert. Especially not after I just met them, what proof would I have?
Y/N: Ugh... remember what I said about last night being rough? Well... I kind of took my anger out on Veronica for nothing.
Mary: Sounds pretty shitty.
Y/N: Wow, way to point out the obvious... the thing is, I want to apologise... I don't even know how to begin...
Mary: Easy, just be real.
I just looked to her, confused by her answer. She sighed heavily at the sight of my raised eyebrows, clearly I was missing something really obvious. Maybe it's a girl thing? I don't know man, I'm a shut in who wastes his life complaining about how shitty his apartment is... you think I'm qualified to talk about human interaction? No way in Hell is the answer yes.
Mary: Don't try hard with an apology, just be honest show your regret. It probably seems like it should be harder than that, but it's the most honest thing you can do.
Y/N: And if it doesn't work?
Mary: Well... sometimes forgiveness takes time, and at the very least you'll have the closure of knowing you tried.
Damn, I never thought about it like that. Even if it doesn't work out immediately, it doesn't need to...am willing to wait for forgiveness? It would probably do me good to have that kind of patience, but I don't know if I have it in me. What if I did wait and she doesn't end up forgiving me anyway? It would be really unfortunate to put in that time, only for her to brush me aside... I shake my head, that's nonsense. No one can hold a grudge that damn long. Maybe I am overthinking all of this, what I said was horrible, but it's just words. There's no way she can just hate me forever... all I gotta do is say sorry. She could say no, but it would be sin to not at least try and make things up to her.