[ While most people might replay the message over and over to ensure they've swallowed every word, Gil lets the video play one round and when it's done, he puts it aside the table adjacent to the bed and sits there with his hands in his lap and eyes staring straight ahead at the window.
The blush that had initially crept its way into his cheeks is long gone now knowing Kenzi was only teasing him about the "love" part of her message.
He keeps thinking about the parts she called him a "great person" and he tells himself it's not true and she's only being kind. She's always been to him, despite knowing how useless and pathetic he really is. She may have teased him, too, but she's always cared for him in ways he still doesn't completely understand.
This goodbye cements the fact she no longer is in this world and hopefully has been rightfully returned to hers. It's selfish to miss her as home is where she belongs, but he does. His chest feels strange -- like someone's split it open and carved it hollow though there's an underlying mixture of emotions.
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The blush that had initially crept its way into his cheeks is long gone now knowing Kenzi was only teasing him about the "love" part of her message.
He keeps thinking about the parts she called him a "great person" and he tells himself it's not true and she's only being kind. She's always been to him, despite knowing how useless and pathetic he really is. She may have teased him, too, but she's always cared for him in ways he still doesn't completely understand.
This goodbye cements the fact she no longer is in this world and hopefully has been rightfully returned to hers. It's selfish to miss her as home is where she belongs, but he does. His chest feels strange -- like someone's split it open and carved it hollow though there's an underlying mixture of emotions.
But what a terribly selfish feeling. ]