“Hey, do you like Konrad?” I asked Ally one day.
“Huh? Like him? You mean as more than a friend?”
“Yeah. What is Konrad to you?”
Ally’s eyes narrowed in a grimace. “He’s like an over-excited dog who’s invaded my territory.”
“Isn’t that just what you say, though? You really and truly like him, don’t you?”
“.... No. In the end, I think I value our friendship too much to risk liking him and losing him all together. I’m afraid of hurting him to the point where he would never be able to forgive me.”
“What about Ven then?”
“Ven?”
“Yeah! Do you like Ven?”
“Gee... I never even considered him a possibility before. Ven’s always just.... there.”
“You’re so cruel.”
“I’m a cat, what do you expect?”
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