[It's easier to repeat things than it is to try to explain things on your own, especially when you're a) terrible with words and b) apparently feeling the exact same way as the person you're parroting. And hey, it worked! ...He thinks! Lalli feels... lighter, almost, like something heavy has been lifted from his shoulders, but even better than that—ah, look at Emil? So bright as he says all of that...
...Plus, uh. Being best friends is new, and Lalli likes the sound of it—especially when it's used in a sentence, like "My best friend thinks about me all of the time." He turns that over in his mind a few times, pleased, before... carefully lowering his hands. Carefully. He's not sure what Emil's little shift was all about, but this light grip on his wrist? He doesn't mind it. Not terribly, anyway. Stay as he ponders how he makes this boy... happy...]
I... do? [...] Aha. Good.
[Just short, simple words, because Best Friendship is a mystery to him, but! He's... glad... that he can somehow make Emil happy? Things come full circle...]
You... make me happy, too. Most of the time? Even when you say weird things. [That's a big deal, coming from the person who's, like, rarely been happy. Even his normally oblivious self recognizes this, which is why he pauses.] This makes it... easier.
[And, uh, added benefit: if they keep this whatever-it-is going, he wonders if he can feel when Emil is thinking about him? That means that Emil could feel the opposite, but is Lalli considering that right now? No.]
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...Plus, uh. Being best friends is new, and Lalli likes the sound of it—especially when it's used in a sentence, like "My best friend thinks about me all of the time." He turns that over in his mind a few times, pleased, before... carefully lowering his hands. Carefully. He's not sure what Emil's little shift was all about, but this light grip on his wrist? He doesn't mind it. Not terribly, anyway. Stay as he ponders how he makes this boy... happy...]
I... do? [...] Aha. Good.
[Just short, simple words, because Best Friendship is a mystery to him, but! He's... glad... that he can somehow make Emil happy? Things come full circle...]
You... make me happy, too. Most of the time? Even when you say weird things. [That's a big deal, coming from the person who's, like, rarely been happy. Even his normally oblivious self recognizes this, which is why he pauses.] This makes it... easier.
[And, uh, added benefit: if they keep this whatever-it-is going, he wonders if he can feel when Emil is thinking about him? That means that Emil could feel the opposite, but is Lalli considering that right now? No.]