Life's still not fair, last I checked.

[He hasn't let go.]

I don't know what that other me was thinking. I won't ever know. But I'm... trying. To work on learning to trust others again, and it'd look pretty stupid if I was doing that and then acted like I couldn't trust myself.

[Maybe... He isn't going to. Even though he glances away, clearly embarrassed by what he's about to say.]

So - it'd be a little forward to call us friends, but I'm not going to leave you behind, either.