BRIONY BROADMOOR-KINGHTLEY
For a very long time, Kendall and Rose were just friends. Their level of closeness did seem to vary depending on how worthy Kendall deemed Rose's current "gentleman friend," but for the most part, their friendship didn't suffer much. In the end, it worked out for the best that she and Thomas turned out to be nothing more, and Kendall always said with much pride that they
all hated that one bloke who almost managed to get Rose down the aisle at age twenty. Octavius Pepper had been deemed acceptable, of course, but with his and Rose's conflicting schedules, he had never been in the picture long.
It wasn't until 1983 that Rose and Kendall's relationship began to change. Having an indirect hand in the total destruction of her and Octavius' second attempt at a relationship, Rose began to feel the strain of Kendall's unpredictable actions concerning her life. Though, after a bit of distance and time, they returned to a civil understanding of respecting the other's personal space.
Which was perfectly respected until the next year when in the middle of an argument, Kendall kissed Rose and professed his love for her (in spite of the important detail that she was, at this time, in a relationship with Axe Brookstanton, wizard that Kendall just so happened to suddenly dislike). Both Kendall and Rose were very shocked by this news, and unable to truly deal with what this revelation meant to their relationship, they both as quietly as possible tucked the memory away from their consciouses. A bit more chilled than before, it was after this that Kendall and Rose found themselves separated more and in the same room with each other less over the years. Without being able to reciprocate the feelings he felt for her, Rose became unsure how to act around Kendall. And he, in turn, not knowing now how to act around her either, tried his best to move on from the feelings that he realized he had been harboring for a very long time.
Many, many years later, all of their avoiding, polite conversation, and idle glances came to a head. In 1991, both Kendall and Rose found themselves abruptly single and out of their respected serious relationships. "French people," Thomas nodded, handing each Kendall and Rose a box of tissues and a bottle of wine. "You can't trust them." Soon the night was filled with a lot of drinking, endless reasons as to why Therese Bonaccord had never been that pretty anyway, and a written down list dictating
just how much of an absolute wanker Axebanger Brookstanton truly was. And that was about the last thing both Kendall and Rose remember. Neither of them remember reaching for stronger liquor, just like how they don't remember bidding Thomas a late night farewell, and most certainty do not remember shoving all remnants off the dining room table to the ground to make way for a proper place to sleep with each other on.
Both woke up stark naked in Kendall's apartment the next morning mortified, confused, and incredibly hung over. Vowing to never speak of something that "obviously didn't happen" as Kendall put it, they both, again, stored away whatever feelings this event created and sought to fix themselves more on there own.
