I wanted to tell Asher how touched I was that he’d skipped the match for me and that everything would be okay. Our secret was out, which meant the worst had passed. I wanted to apologize to Vincent for keeping our relationship from him and reassure him that he didn’t have to worry about me. That this wasn’t a Rafael 2.0 situation and that I was happier with Asher than I’d ever been. I wanted to remind them not to let today ruin their fragile truce because they were so much better as friends than as enemies. I wanted to say a lot of things, but they would have to wait. My grasp on consciousness
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