[ He still hesitates, even a few days after talking to Cora about it. He doesn't avoid Stiles, but he doesn't go out of his way to pressure him, either, keeping at a distance, but that isn't what he wants, either.
Cora's advice sticks in his brain like a particularly bad pop song that you can't get rid of, and finally (finally his inner Cora related monologue supplies) he decides that he's not going to do this to himself anymore. Stiles and he are friends, and he can accept that, but he needs to be sure. He stops on the way, at that food vendor that Stiles had taken him to, picks up enough Pad Thai to feed them both (because Cora had mentioned eating it with Stiles and that meant Stiles would like it, right?), and then stops short of knocking on Stiles' door.
All he has to do is knock. It's the easiest part of this whole thing.
So why, then, is he so terrified to do it? Derek takes a deep breath, and exhales slowly, raising his hand and rapping on the door with his knuckles. ]
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Cora's advice sticks in his brain like a particularly bad pop song that you can't get rid of, and finally (finally his inner Cora related monologue supplies) he decides that he's not going to do this to himself anymore. Stiles and he are friends, and he can accept that, but he needs to be sure. He stops on the way, at that food vendor that Stiles had taken him to, picks up enough Pad Thai to feed them both (because Cora had mentioned eating it with Stiles and that meant Stiles would like it, right?), and then stops short of knocking on Stiles' door.
All he has to do is knock. It's the easiest part of this whole thing.
So why, then, is he so terrified to do it? Derek takes a deep breath, and exhales slowly, raising his hand and rapping on the door with his knuckles. ]