[ No no, y'all need to be more like Shez: shower people with ambiguous-sounding but fully earnest words of love, give'em an old Merc Whistle and then leave! ]
oh yeah, he definitely does-- the theory of it, anyway. he's a huge fan of [ raunchy bodice rippers ] romance novels, and he says they help him understand relationships better. that's sort of how our whole deal started, 'cause he wanted some actual practice.
[ Is this maybe revealing too much? Sure, but at this point, he thinks Byleth is so oblivious he wouldn't get it even if he did read this one specific anonymous comment. In fact: ]
honestly, even if i did call it like that, i'm almost afraid he'd take it to mean the platonic sort of love-- which wouldn't be wrong, but not what i'm trying to convey.
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oh yeah, he definitely does-- the theory of it, anyway. he's a huge fan of [ raunchy bodice rippers ] romance novels, and he says they help him understand relationships better. that's sort of how our whole deal started, 'cause he wanted some actual practice.
[ Is this maybe revealing too much? Sure, but at this point, he thinks Byleth is so oblivious he wouldn't get it even if he did read this one specific anonymous comment. In fact: ]
honestly, even if i did call it like that, i'm almost afraid he'd take it to mean the platonic sort of love-- which wouldn't be wrong, but not what i'm trying to convey.