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[wishiwasatree]

Not a friend, but not an enemy either. Just someone to call his own.

She sits on the edge of Henry's bed.

"You're lonely."

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"I'm not," he insists firmly. "I don't need company. I've done fine on my own."

[wishiwasatree]

"So you've fucking said. Don't change that you want company sometimes, even if you don't know what to fucking do with it."

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"That doesn't make me lonely," he mutters, sitting heavily on his bed.

[wishiwasatree]

"Don't make you alright either."

She glances at him, worrying her lower lip a little.

"Fine, so you're not lonely." She doesn't believe it. "But you miss him all the same."

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"I - " He stops, giving that spray bottle a quick glance. "Miss having that string."

[wishiwasatree]

Fine. Fine, she'll take that. It's probably all that he's going to give her now.

"Did you...want some fucking company then?"

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"No," he says automatically, defensively.

[wishiwasatree]

Maybe...maybe she has to tone down the casual swearing. She frowns quietly and tries moving closer to him -- not too close though.

"You sure? I wouldn't mind spending some time with you."

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That softer side of her is odd, but enough to get his attention. He frowns. "I'm not kicking you out."

[wishiwasatree]

"We don't have to talk or nothing," she continues, still soft. "Maybe just watch a movie together, or we can watch your spiders for a while."

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"Alright."

He sets up his tablet to Frankenstein and lets it play, opening the top of the terrariums and allowing his spiders to wander.

[wishiwasatree]

She's less freaked out by the spiders than she's been in the past, although she still eyes them warily when they start to climb near the bed where she's settled. After a while though her attention falls away from the spiders completely and onto the film.

She really is just happy to keep him company.