[That smile does something to Ali. He's never seen Concord smile like that before, and he swears he can feel his heart skip a beat. He had been lecturing himself mentally for acting like a lovestruck teenager before, but this is the moment where he really feels it. He's caught it bad.
He can't even respond to the comment about companionship. As happy as he feels to hear Concord calling it that, his mind is still rebelling against putting a name to whatever it is they have. They bicker and argue all the time, and Ali sometimes finds himself enjoying the bickering (especially when he wins), that's not really companionship is it?
To avoid showing how his face has dropped from confidence to insecurity, he leans forward against Concord again. It's better to be close and hide himself, he doesn't want to be visibly embarrassed.]
Well it's the proper thing to do, isn't it? It's a festival.
[A festival he only saw at a distance, with the company of one person, in an arguably romantic way.
Companionship. He's going to be running from that word for a while.]
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He can't even respond to the comment about companionship. As happy as he feels to hear Concord calling it that, his mind is still rebelling against putting a name to whatever it is they have. They bicker and argue all the time, and Ali sometimes finds himself enjoying the bickering (especially when he wins), that's not really companionship is it?
To avoid showing how his face has dropped from confidence to insecurity, he leans forward against Concord again. It's better to be close and hide himself, he doesn't want to be visibly embarrassed.]
Well it's the proper thing to do, isn't it? It's a festival.
[A festival he only saw at a distance, with the company of one person, in an arguably romantic way.
Companionship. He's going to be running from that word for a while.]