ANOTHER BOOK OF BS INSTEAD OF SLEEP

"I'm Glad I Met You"

"No one expects an angel to set the world on fire."

ignored the prompt oopsies

"I'm jealous of you," Dark said casually from his perch in the middle of the floor.

Edge raised his eyebrows, sitting backwards on his swiveling office chair and facing the younger boy.

Dark laughed. "I'm jealous of who you are. I'm ashamed you know me."

"What do you mean?" Edge asked, surprised.

Dark smiled, but it was more of a grimace. "I want to be the kind of person you are. Someone who's sweet and friendly and open and easy to talk to and understanding and patient. It's so damn easy to talk to you."

Edge said nothing.

Dark continued. "I'm not that kind of person. I'm awful. No one likes me. I'm amazed you talk to me. I don't deserve the life I have, it's too good. I deserve to burn in the deepest pits of hell."

"No you don't-"

"You're just saying that. I know you're trying to make me feel better but I'm fucking awful. Why do you even bother talking to me?"

"You're my friend!"

"Why?"

"Huh?"

"You don't get anything from our friendship. I'm nothing. If I disappeared, your life would be better. Hell, I don't think you'd even notice if I just killed myself."

"Of course I'd notice!"

"I know I'm a burden. You deserve everything good in the world, Edge. I am the worst thing that will ever happen to you."

"No, stop-"

"I'm so selfish. I don't deserve such an amazing person like you as a friend but I don't want you to hate me. I want you as a friend because you're such a good one but you don't deserve to have to deal with a clingy shitbag like me."

"You're not clingy-"

"You have no idea how much you mean to me. It's a feeling I can't express in words. I don't understand how I can love you so strongly as a friend. You're such a good person, Edge."

"Thanks, Dark. I'm glad I met you."

Dark burst into tears.

"Don't ever tell me that."

"Dark?"

"Don't ever tell me you're... that you're g-glad you met me..."

"But-"

"I'm scared I'll believe it."