[His voice is very quiet - very quiet. He's not sure if she'll hear it at all. He doesn't look at her.]
Are we friends?
[He doesn't want to do this if they aren't friends. He doesn't want to be her nothing anymore, but he doesn't want to be just someone she's hanging onto old loyalty for either. Back in Faraway, it felt as though they had reconciled; maybe they did. There's an urgency to return, suddenly - because Basil is on the other side of that door. Sunny hasn't let himself feel it in two months. None of this was supposed to be real.
[So, how real is what he remembers?
[Are they friends? Or are they just meant to be apart?
[He loves her. It hurts. He doesn't want her to say no; doesn't even want her to hesitate. But he suspects she will.]
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Are we friends?
[He doesn't want to do this if they aren't friends. He doesn't want to be her nothing anymore, but he doesn't want to be just someone she's hanging onto old loyalty for either. Back in Faraway, it felt as though they had reconciled; maybe they did. There's an urgency to return, suddenly - because Basil is on the other side of that door. Sunny hasn't let himself feel it in two months. None of this was supposed to be real.
[So, how real is what he remembers?
[Are they friends? Or are they just meant to be apart?
[He loves her. It hurts. He doesn't want her to say no; doesn't even want her to hesitate. But he suspects she will.]