[For a second, he looks like the thought never had occurred to him, like it's only dawning now. He glances down, blinking, but his eyes land on their hands and then find their way up again, following the line of her arm.]
If I asked them, I would've had to tell them. And if I told them, I... I thought. They might leave me. Tell me to get lost, never have anything to do with me ever again.
[It sounds stupid when he says it, but Prompto already admitted the whole thing was dumb, didn't he?]
I was more afraid of losing them. Than I was of... of anything, really. [He exhales like that was some revelation to say aloud, some stone off his chest, and adds, like it needs clarification:] They're the only friends I've ever had. You know?
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[For a second, he looks like the thought never had occurred to him, like it's only dawning now. He glances down, blinking, but his eyes land on their hands and then find their way up again, following the line of her arm.]
If I asked them, I would've had to tell them. And if I told them, I... I thought. They might leave me. Tell me to get lost, never have anything to do with me ever again.
[It sounds stupid when he says it, but Prompto already admitted the whole thing was dumb, didn't he?]
I was more afraid of losing them. Than I was of... of anything, really. [He exhales like that was some revelation to say aloud, some stone off his chest, and adds, like it needs clarification:] They're the only friends I've ever had. You know?