[It's not friendship either. Not exactly. But it's something.]

It's hard. People are...really hard.

[She pauses in her brushing to plant a kiss on the top of his head. It felt like he needed it. And so did she.]

I'm sorry that you hurt. That he hurt you, even if he really didn't want to. But...you know now. And that means you don't have to wonder. That might have been hurting you even more.