Dating Sim
I'D RIDDEN THE HIGH of my movie and dinner night with Branden for far too long. I had this stupid grin on my face whenever I caught myself thinking of him. A little weird to bounce between crippling pain at being disowned and such levels of elation, but hey, I'd take it over nothing but hurt. All I knew is that I wanted to cling to this feeling of joy and the only way I knew to achieve that was to ask Branden out. Like I'd done before with our coffee date. I hoped he didn't start hating me again before I had a chance to go out with him.
Over dinner and our walk home, we'd talked more about his reaction. He’d apologized again, going into overkill. Sure, he'd been awful and misguided, but I did sort of understand the brotherly worry and the pain at seeing your entire family dist
