"Yeah. I wouldn't want to act on feelings that we were manipulated into. And I'm still happy to have you as a friend."
"I didn't," he feels horribly awkward admitting it to Prim, but then, that was the point of this conversation. To clear the air, all of it. "really think that anyone would like me like that. Friendship is one thing, but I've never been the sort of guy girls get crushes on." He saw enough of that in the Academy and shortly afterward, especially with Ino as a teammate. "It was really nice having that proven wrong." For a little while, anyway.
A pause.
"...But Prim?" 'Never really thought I'd ever get to that point' brings him circling back around to the other thing he wanted to talk about, if she were willing.
August 13th
"I didn't," he feels horribly awkward admitting it to Prim, but then, that was the point of this conversation. To clear the air, all of it. "really think that anyone would like me like that. Friendship is one thing, but I've never been the sort of guy girls get crushes on." He saw enough of that in the Academy and shortly afterward, especially with Ino as a teammate. "It was really nice having that proven wrong." For a little while, anyway.
A pause.
"...But Prim?" 'Never really thought I'd ever get to that point' brings him circling back around to the other thing he wanted to talk about, if she were willing.