best friend: [appears in my field of vision]
me [inside]: my favorite human has arrived. They are cute and smart and my favorite. I must greet them in a manner indicative of my appreciation for their existence.
me: hey nerd
me: maybe… I do… want to be in a relationship… perhaps… that would be… nice… possibly
me @ myself, immediately: what the fuck is this? a nicholas sparks novel? shut up
boy: do you have any fantasies 😉
me: haha yeah so it’s the 1300s and i’m a scribe who has discovered copies of ancient texts that are lost to us today,