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I chuckled, buffing ainst my shirt as I took off my jacket “Oh, you know Cuz I’m so smart And observant And super handsome”

He scratched the end of his nose “Am I that obvious?”

“Little bit You get all bashful around her, always blushing and shit It’s cute”

“Yeah? Well not cute enough, apparently I guess she’s with Royce now”

“I know, right? Interesting choice” I pulled Asher in closer, slinging an ar his hair with my other hand “Listen Buddy There’s plenty of fish in the sea All we gotta do is expand your circle You don’t know a lot of girls That’s all it is But there’s billions of them out there”

“Billions,” he murmured into the sleeve of my shirt, clearly unconvinced

“Actual billions Come on Snap out of it It’s just a crush It’ll pass”

He wriggled his way out from under my arm, suddenly defiant “A, like you would know When is yours going to pass?”

I blinked at him “Mine? My what?”

“Your crush on Igarashi”

I didn’t need to look in a ht red “I – I don’t knohat,” I tried to say, sta

Asher rolled his eyes “Oh, get over it Stop denying it There’s souys at the diner Back e had pecan pie, remember?”

I pressed ether and shook my head, suddenly the defiant one myself

“Please,” Asher said, rising fro his arms across his chest “You can’t pull one over on me I’m smart And observant And super handsome”

“You take that back,” I said, brandishing a finger at hiive the your ideas from, but Herald and I are just – ”