“I don’t know. I guess alone is my favourite place to be.”
Her eyes showed a slight annoyance, “Why did you ask me out then?”
“Because… despite all the time I spend abandoning the comforts of friendship and irrespective of the austere shell that surrounds my very core, protecting me from foes that don’t exist, I know, that in truth, all I really want is to have someone to breathe through, someone whose flesh will fit with mine, someone to coax my heart into rhythm and carry me to sleep with nothing but their warmth.” are the words I didn’t utter.
“It’s getting cold, and I am too cheap to buy a hot water bottle.”
She laughed.