You weren’t particularly close with him until he stuck with you like a remora to a shark. Well, rather you were the remora. You filtered things that could harm him, feeling pitiful after hearing his difficulties.

A couple weeks before you had the house alone, you allowed you and Kyle to be labeled as friends.

Now, with this opportunity, you had Kyle over, reciting flash cards and he’d answer back with the name of definition for your up-coming science test.