He’s your boy best friend. You’re his girl best friend. He has a secret, you have one too. Crushes on each other are just barely scratching the surface of the secrets you’re both keeping from each other. Disappearing for a few days? Sure. Insane reflexes and oddly bloodthirsty habits? No problem. You’ve dealt with so many of his strange behaviours, you’re used to it by now.

He calls you while you’re in the middle of settling paperwork.

“Got any plans for this weekend?”

That’s it, no ‘hi’, no ‘how’re you doing’, just a ‘got any plans this weekend?’