[ He follows Xiao Xingchen, tailing closely at first but he gives him space again as they get back into the kitchen. ]
Should it? Either way you're here.
[ As someone who's never really had to navigate friendships, with his closest aside from Xiao Xingchen being a partner in crime to someone about as terrible as himself, he doesn't really understand the resulting differences between the two options. It doesn't occur to him that things might not be the same when someone comes to him by choice or not. ]
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Should it? Either way you're here.
[ As someone who's never really had to navigate friendships, with his closest aside from Xiao Xingchen being a partner in crime to someone about as terrible as himself, he doesn't really understand the resulting differences between the two options. It doesn't occur to him that things might not be the same when someone comes to him by choice or not. ]