[Billy shakes his head again, unable to help himself even though Loki can't see it. This is harder than he'd like it to be, but the concept of love itself - and all its many, many nuances - are far from simple to begin with. Experiencing them is hard enough. Explaining them doubly so.]
It isn't that you're expected to only love one person. It's that you're expected, when you're in a relationship, to discuss this kind of thing with your partner before you do anything about it. Being honest with your partner doesn't just mean you tell them when you screw up. It means telling them what you want, what you need, before you do anything. Because if you really love someone, you should want to see if they're okay with you being intimate with somebody else before you so much as touch them. And if they really love you, they should hear you out and give you an honest answer even- or especially- if they're not okay with it. From there, you talk it out- you decide, together, as partners, if one of you has to give, or if you can compromise, or if you're better off separating. That's what it means to be in a relationship. You can't just pull a third person into it and hope for the best.
[The fact that Loki called it "a bit of kissing", like that's nothing, is already worrisome. But with him reacting to Rogue leaving, like he... what? Expected her to be okay with it? To forgive him? Like it was a shock?
He just can't fathom a world where this would be okay.]
[Action, June 24] gosh loki no one cares
[Billy shakes his head again, unable to help himself even though Loki can't see it. This is harder than he'd like it to be, but the concept of love itself - and all its many, many nuances - are far from simple to begin with. Experiencing them is hard enough. Explaining them doubly so.]
It isn't that you're expected to only love one person. It's that you're expected, when you're in a relationship, to discuss this kind of thing with your partner before you do anything about it. Being honest with your partner doesn't just mean you tell them when you screw up. It means telling them what you want, what you need, before you do anything. Because if you really love someone, you should want to see if they're okay with you being intimate with somebody else before you so much as touch them. And if they really love you, they should hear you out and give you an honest answer even- or especially- if they're not okay with it. From there, you talk it out- you decide, together, as partners, if one of you has to give, or if you can compromise, or if you're better off separating. That's what it means to be in a relationship. You can't just pull a third person into it and hope for the best.
[The fact that Loki called it "a bit of kissing", like that's nothing, is already worrisome. But with him reacting to Rogue leaving, like he... what? Expected her to be okay with it? To forgive him? Like it was a shock?
He just can't fathom a world where this would be okay.]