Rising Sun Valley You're gonna miss me when I'm gone

His heart was hammering inside his chest as his short lived laugh quickly faded, silence awkward until she spoke again. he smiled sheepishly, unsure of what to say to that statement.

an idea came to mind, and quite suddenly he blurted it out. "friends?" abashed at yet another nervous outburst, he amended himself quickly. "I-I mean, maybe we could be friends?" he said nervously, averting his gaze. Why did he fumble so much? 

being an only child his experience socializing with others was severely limited. there had been indra, but she was certainly shady, and once he had met laurel. but freyja...freyja was different. and the boy had never had a friend before. maybe being friends meant that he could see her again.