"I dunno," I said, "I agree it's not stupid but you're right, I don't think so either. I guess I just think your soul mate must be somebody who...doesn't need you to be someone you aren't."
"Right," you agreed, "Like someone who loves you just the way you are."
"No," I said, "Like someone who doesn't need you to be someone you aren't."
"Isn't that the same thing?" you smiled.
"No," I repeated.
"They sound like the same thing to me," you kept grinning.
And the joke was lost on me. I couldn't smile even if I wanted to. It wasn't funny. So instead I looked away. "Well they're not," I said, and finally could see from the edge of my eye your smile slowly fading.
Maybe I could've been kinder. But
yknow
They're not.
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