[people he's admired, laughed with, fallen short to, loved, hated, cried over, beaten at their game, befriended, felt distant from, felt close to, ignored, was unable to ignore]
their skills are nothing to look down on if they have them, but talent doesn't necessarily have anything to do with achieving or surviving. some people don't even want to be talented, because its too hard to be special. others never get to use their talents, and it breaks something in them.
[Rin is thinking of two dark haired boys he hasn't seen in a while, and it hurts, a bit. but it feels right, to share his brushes against real, raw talent with Hinata, who sounds like he works every bit as hard as Rin, and maybe more, because he doesn't even see what his own worth is]
[maybe because he understands so well, he should be gentler, but he can't allow Hinata to say such directionless, unobserved things]
you can't be serious about not having talent, right? you're working towards fixing something every time i see you. if it's not helping the sick people, or making clothes for the newcomers, it's fixing the structural damage. and if it's not that, it's making a volleyball for a stupid bunch of teens who need a break.
when you see a problem, you work, and you solve it. how is that not a talent to be proud of? you're the one who's looking down on your own skills.
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[people he's admired, laughed with, fallen short to, loved, hated, cried over, beaten at their game, befriended, felt distant from, felt close to, ignored, was unable to ignore]
their skills are nothing to look down on if they have them, but talent doesn't necessarily have anything to do with achieving or surviving. some people don't even want to be talented, because its too hard to be special. others never get to use their talents, and it breaks something in them.
[Rin is thinking of two dark haired boys he hasn't seen in a while, and it hurts, a bit. but it feels right, to share his brushes against real, raw talent with Hinata, who sounds like he works every bit as hard as Rin, and maybe more, because he doesn't even see what his own worth is]
[maybe because he understands so well, he should be gentler, but he can't allow Hinata to say such directionless, unobserved things]
you can't be serious about not having talent, right? you're working towards fixing something every time i see you. if it's not helping the sick people, or making clothes for the newcomers, it's fixing the structural damage. and if it's not that, it's making a volleyball for a stupid bunch of teens who need a break.
when you see a problem, you work, and you solve it. how is that not a talent to be proud of? you're the one who's looking down on your own skills.