new obs for yall, and it's a good one.

last time i mentioned the girl who was crying in the lecture hall, and how we traded phone numbers – that girl and i have been texting a lot. she's dealing with some heavy personal stuff, i'm a hugely sympathetic crier, so we've done a lot of crying together over the past few weeks. sometimes on the phone, sometimes in person.

on saturday we arranged to spend some time together. i picked her up from her dorm and drove back to my apartment. she was really quiet and i noticed she was a bit teary, which wasn't unexpected with what she's been dealing with. almost as soon as we got to my apartment and got inside she started to cry. she took her shoes off and just stood there in the entryway with these huge tears rolling down her cheeks. 

i got her some water and some tissues and we sat on the couch while she talked about what was bothering her. as she cried i reached out and wiped some of the tears from her cheeks, though she was crying so much it didn't really make a difference. it felt like trying to wipe away falling rain. eventually she started sobbing harder and i hugged her while she cried into my shoulder. i was choking up too at that point, and after a while i just broke down, and we held each other and cried for a while.

when we'd both calmed down a little we got back to talking, and i kept wiping her tears away, because she mentioned it made her feel a little better. the tears i didn't manage to catch dripped onto her shirt. i was still crying too, most of my tears dripping into my lap because of how i was leaning forward towards her, leaving little droplets on my jeans. i managed to stop crying so much eventually, but my eyes still felt very teary, and she didn't stop crying at all. eventually she got really overwhelmed and laid down with her head in my lap, sobbing hard. she cried like that for a while, and i rubbed her back and stroked her hair.

it was getting late, so i asked if she wanted to stay over. she said yes but that she didn't want to be alone, so we shared my bed, and i held her hand while she cried herself to sleep next to me. i really hope her life gets easier for her soon, but in the meantime, it's nice being the person she cries to.

Wow! So intimate, so raw. Could really picture the whole obs in great detail (like I was the one there). Totally gave me emotional goosebumps.