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[sadpoem]

[Omori nods.]

I know.

[He really believes it, too.

[There's a bit of a pause, and then:]

Adam.

[nolube]

Yeah?

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I want you to be my best friend.

[You don't get to say it's true just because you want it to be. He should get to decide.

[Sunny doesn't really like those words when they're put together. Neither did Omori, until now, but why should all of Sunny's thorns be his own? Adam's the only friend that's ever just been his, anyway.]

[nolube]

[…oh.

Somehow he wasn’t expecting this.

This kid’s really attached to him, hasn’t he?

…well, he can’t say he hasn’t grown on him too.]

Sure. [He smiles, it’s genuine.] We’ll be best friends. I’ll let Scott Tibbs know he’s been dethroned, if I ever see him.

[He ought to find someone his own age, and Adam hopes he will - but until then, he’ll be this for him.]

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[Omori feels happy. He wiggles a little when Adam talks about knock Scott Tibbs down a peg. That's right. New Sheriff in town, Scotty Boy.

[Omori holds out his pinky. Adam knows what a pinky promise is, right?]

[nolube]

[‘Course he does.

He hooks his pinky around Omori’s.]

What’s the promise?

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Best friends. [Omori squeezes Adam's pinky with his own.] I won't leave you alone. [A threat and a promise!]

[nolube]

[A threat and a promise! Yippee! Blissfully ignorant, Adam squeezes back.]

Yeah, me neither, kid.