>>21657248this. chimkin's tryharding at being best buddy/shipbait was keeping brapper more-or-less in line, preventing her from giving in to her own self-harming habits with booze and overwork. and then kiara went back overseas and it was all downhill because nobody else she can hang with is the kind of person to push and push and push at being "your best friend" despite your protests and all. she has people who are too concerned with being polite about things for anyone's good, and she's got her expats that seem to encourage it whether directly or not.
in the end, the shipbait shit was just window dressing, and chimkin really was actively trying to be there for brapper, but brapper's too busy trying to maintain her so-called image and thinking about herself to notice untill it's too late when she's burning the bridges best kept intact.
sometimes what you need is a friend who refuses to let you wallow in things, even if it's irksome. unfortunately, the people who need that most, are the people who realize it least.
