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[cakebuffet]

[She winces a little. Yeah, she knows better than to try and get that one past Rion now that it's been said.]

Mmm... I'm not sure where to start, really.

[How about this:]

You and Kou, you're best friends, right?

[flyingsolos]

... We're good friends, but I wouldn't say we're best friends.

[ but friends! ]

[cakebuffet]

Okay, well— friends.

[She can work with that.]

Was there ever a time when you thought you might... not be? Not that you wouldn't be friendly, but that you might be something more?

[flyingsolos]

... Oh, sure, I thought about it for all of ten seconds once, but Kou-kun's an idiot who shuts down pretty girls without even thinking about it, so I decided to love myself more.

[cakebuffet]

That's—

[Brutally honest, but that's about what she expects from Rion, and she smiles a little in reply.]

It sounds like that was probably for the best. But, for those ten seconds... were you really sure of how you felt, or was it ever, you know... confusing?

[flyingsolos]

... I mean, yeah. There's kind of a fine line between a strong friendship and romantic feelings when you're not sure which one's actually winning.

[ thank god it was only ten seconds long. ]

[cakebuffet]

I think... that might be where I'm kind of stuck.

[Because that, indeed, sounds familiar— and it's been a lot longer than ten seconds.]

How do you tell which one's real?

[flyingsolos]

Well... have you ever thought about wanting to kiss your friend, for starters?

[cakebuffet]

[Why do you have to be so blunt about it?!]

I mean...

[Well, it's complicated, but...]

Sometimes? And then other times I'm so angry that I can't believe I thought about that in the first place.

[flyingsolos]

...

Ah. That's the good kind of friendship, actually. Like you care so much that when they make you mad, they really piss you off.

[cakebuffet]

Makes sense. You get mad because you care so much, right?

[If you didn't care, then what would it matter?]