Back to the belly of the beast, although they hope to find no beasts, with or without bellies.

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Spike would actually have been delighted to see Angel again, since he had some more opinions he felt like expressing, preferably with a satisfying crunch of bone beneath his fists, but given Wesley's strong feelings about how such an encounter could unfold it was probably for the best if they avoided him. "We'll be quick. There's nothing else you want while we're there? Anything from your office? A rare book or two from storage?"

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"I'm not sure that rejection and regret are the same thing," Wesley said. "But if you'd see it as rejection, then that's important for me to know. Because I wouldn't be intending it that way, and the last thing I want is to hurt you."

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Realizing that he had gotten himself into entirely unwelcome territory, Spike quickly said, "Don't worry about hurting my feelings, pet. I'd be more upset if you were just humoring me."

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Wesley glanced over at Spike, sure that his astonishment was written all over his face. "Don't worry about hurting your feelings?"

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"I'm not going to fall apart because you're honest," Spike said with a frown of distaste at the thought.

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Continues here (http://www.livejournal.com/community/reality_bends/46556.html).