"I know you can take care of yourself, but you need someone to..." What did he really need her around to do? Well sit and talk, obviously, but did he really need her around for anything other than that? Probably not, but she liked to think that he did, just because it made her feel better, and made her feel as if she actually had some kind of purpose in existing.
"Sometimes I think that it's my job to watch after you, you know? Like...it's my reason for being around, other than balancing out Zebra. I know you don't need it, but I definitely do. So just put up with it, okay?"
She looked down at their hands, and then back up at his face, and realized just how intimate this moment really was. This part was almost worse than the fact that there had been kissing, because he was almost more personal, and much more revealing. She felt terrible, because it couldn't ever be anything more than just this, but he was telling her so much that it made it all bittersweet.
"And I'm not going to give up hope that your mom will come back. I know that you want her, and you need her back. Even if you're too stubborn to admit it would be nice to have her still cut the crusts off your sandwiches."
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"Sometimes I think that it's my job to watch after you, you know? Like...it's my reason for being around, other than balancing out Zebra. I know you don't need it, but I definitely do. So just put up with it, okay?"
She looked down at their hands, and then back up at his face, and realized just how intimate this moment really was. This part was almost worse than the fact that there had been kissing, because he was almost more personal, and much more revealing. She felt terrible, because it couldn't ever be anything more than just this, but he was telling her so much that it made it all bittersweet.
"And I'm not going to give up hope that your mom will come back. I know that you want her, and you need her back. Even if you're too stubborn to admit it would be nice to have her still cut the crusts off your sandwiches."