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“Hmm? How do you mean?”

“Like …” Heon his bed, then settle in place “Like if you just had this totally different life And people saw you a different way And you lived sos you would never, ever do And you had … different friends …” His voice drifts off

At once, I’er sleepy, my eyes open “W-What …?”

Jiroans, then says, “It’s weird, ‘cause … no matter how differently I picture my life, you’re …” A sleepy sort of chuckle escapes his lips, then silence

I blink “I’m …?”

So sleepily, so, Jimmy finishes: “You’re always in it”

Oh

Wow

A s my phone to my ear “Jis have been kind of complicated between the two of us lately, and …” I bite ure out together Maybe whatever’s going on between us has a shelf life Maybe it doesn’t I don’t know But I think I’ve …” I feel so safe with hily about you for a long time Maybe ever since we first met as clueless kids And I think … maybe I’ve always loved you”

I listen for his reply

There is nothing

“Ji “Jimmy …? Are you still—?”

Then the calh the phone like soft, white noise