"When I'm at the bar," he clarified, "I feel like someone should be there with me. That's what I meant.
"I'd like it if you wanted it to be a date because" he swallowed a little "because I like you. Because... the husband and wife persona feels good to me, and while I wouldn't say that... that we're there yet, I wouldn't...I wouldn't mind trying."
He took a long sip of his cola.
"But at the same time, I know how much you worry about... about me. How hesitant you were to accept me traveling with you. And how you seem to think" he took a deep breath in before deciding to go in feet first, "you seem to think I'm going to wake up one day and be tired of you. Of everything you have to deal with. And I don't want you to say yes because you think I'd leave otherwise. And I don't want you to say no to get rid of me out of some misplaced feeling that there's a whole wonderful life waiting for me as soon as I ditch you.
"That's just not how I'm built. Because I care about you, genuinely care about you, and I'd like to see if it worked romantically, but even if it didn't, you're still my friend. You're still the most important person in my life. You're still the person I'm happy to come home to."
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"When I'm at the bar," he clarified, "I feel like someone should be there with me. That's what I meant.
"I'd like it if you wanted it to be a date because" he swallowed a little "because I like you. Because... the husband and wife persona feels good to me, and while I wouldn't say that... that we're there yet, I wouldn't...I wouldn't mind trying."
He took a long sip of his cola.
"But at the same time, I know how much you worry about... about me. How hesitant you were to accept me traveling with you. And how you seem to think" he took a deep breath in before deciding to go in feet first, "you seem to think I'm going to wake up one day and be tired of you. Of everything you have to deal with. And I don't want you to say yes because you think I'd leave otherwise. And I don't want you to say no to get rid of me out of some misplaced feeling that there's a whole wonderful life waiting for me as soon as I ditch you.
"That's just not how I'm built. Because I care about you, genuinely care about you, and I'd like to see if it worked romantically, but even if it didn't, you're still my friend. You're still the most important person in my life. You're still the person I'm happy to come home to."