“I tried so fucking hard not to want you, you know that? But I wasn’t strong enough to resist—I’m still not strong enough—and it’s got nothing to do with the Penny Play. It’s you. I wanted you in the hot tub, that day on your porch, and every moment since.”
But just not enough to put him and his feelings and value as a person above being honest to your "friend" who again, is the shittiest human ever and not even a friend, and above a stupid capture the flag game that they literally suck at and have never won ANYWAYS. Phoenix is the biggest sore loser ever.