"Hey Katherine."
"Hey Cam."
"Do you like bananas?"
"What?"
"Do you like bananas?"
"I guess?"
"Why do you like bananas?"
"I don't know, they're a nice colour?"
"So you like them because of the outside?"
"I guess?"
"Okay." He taps something out on a silver iPad.
"Why?"
"I'm writing an essay about attraction being physical not emotional."
"That's pretty aromantic, dude."
"I am pretty aromantic, bruh."
"Huh."
"Yup." He continues tapping on the glowing screen. "What about you? A boyfriend?"
"No way. I don't... interact with people very well."
"Our interactions have gone pretty well."
"Yeah, well you're different."
He laughs and looks down at the tablet again.
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re readers, switched divergent for different bc y'all can't tell the difference between a word and a "reference" and getting real tired of the d-word fandom
YOU ARE READING
Balconial Conversations
Short Storybal-co-nee-al ; of or referring to a balcony \\ in which a cynical girl and a disastrously (self-characterized) aromantic psychology student have daily discussions between neighbouring balconies \\ #1 in short story june & july 2k15 \\ book 1
