A pause. “I can’t blame you, to be honest. It’s hard being lonely. We all get a little desperate sometimes.” “Okay,” I say slowly. “I am just saying,” Kenji says, “that I guess it makes sense you’d fall for him. Like, by default. Because if not him, who else? Your options were super limited.”
god. i feel that. being so alone for so long that you forget what love looks like. that you mistake poison for water.
