so glide away on soapy heels and promise not to promise anymore
He was gone. Jin had told the truth, and he had disappeared, and that was that.
Jin hadn't gotten to say goodbye, or even that he was sorry. A year now. Skyfire wasn't coming back.
Jin kept himself busy, like he always did. There was always the rift to study. There was always an insane AI to destroy or to fail to destroy. There was always contrary, capricious Hypatia. There was the war that had finally broken out between the station and the planet. It was the same as always. Jin had lost a friend, and he had mourned, and he had moved on, and another part of him was dead forever.
It didn't mean Jin didn't think about him. He wondered where Skyfire had gone back to the City he talked about, or if he had gone back to Cybertron. Jin could only hope that Skyfire was safe and, maybe, happy.
If he ever came back, what would he say? Jin had told him everything, and Skyfire had walked off without a single word. Jin heard nothing until Shockwave came on the network a week later, asking where Skyfire was; and then someone had tried to trace the network ID, but the ID was gone. Jin never knew what Skyfire had thought of it. If Skyfire came back, would he still be a friend?
Jin held onto the hope, fool that he always was. It didn't matter. Skyfire wasn't coming back. He was gone. And that was that.
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so glide away on soapy heels
and promise not to promise anymore
He was gone. Jin had told the truth, and he had disappeared, and that was that.
Jin hadn't gotten to say goodbye, or even that he was sorry. A year now. Skyfire wasn't coming back.
Jin kept himself busy, like he always did. There was always the rift to study. There was always an insane AI to destroy or to fail to destroy. There was always contrary, capricious Hypatia. There was the war that had finally broken out between the station and the planet. It was the same as always. Jin had lost a friend, and he had mourned, and he had moved on, and another part of him was dead forever.
It didn't mean Jin didn't think about him. He wondered where Skyfire had gone back to the City he talked about, or if he had gone back to Cybertron. Jin could only hope that Skyfire was safe and, maybe, happy.
If he ever came back, what would he say? Jin had told him everything, and Skyfire had walked off without a single word. Jin heard nothing until Shockwave came on the network a week later, asking where Skyfire was; and then someone had tried to trace the network ID, but the ID was gone. Jin never knew what Skyfire had thought of it. If Skyfire came back, would he still be a friend?
Jin held onto the hope, fool that he always was. It didn't matter. Skyfire wasn't coming back. He was gone. And that was that.