All That Glitters

I know this is hard for you to understand, but you really were quite bold. In comparison, I am shy. He told Remi, a fond melancholy coming over him. But...in some ways, maybe this is better. We are more equal, hm? Perhaps in a roundabout way, this would turn out to be what they had needed; a chance to know each other without sex being the first thing they knew. He was happy to hear that Remi would remember this fondly as well, really considering it the first step on building...something. Not even a romantic relationship (though he did hope it was that) but a friendship, a kinship of any kind. It meant Remi might not be gone from his life due to his own ineptitude and he could not be more grateful. You don't need to make up. I want to spend time with you, but I would not want it to be from obligation on your part. ...Even if it was on mine. This last part was followed up with a clear laugh and spin, Sam picking up on Remi's easy joking vibes. Samuel At seventeen, I started to starve myself I thought that love was a kind of emptiness And at least I understood then the hunger I felt And I didn't have to call it loneliness