Chapter 2.16: July 26, 2017
Riiiiiiiiiing. Riiiiiiiiiing. Riiiiiiiiiing. Riiiiiiiiiing. Riiiiiiiiiin—
"Ken on the line. You realize it's four in the morning, Eru?"
"Kenny, hey. I really don't care at this point."
"Yeah, I guess it's hard to care in the dead of the night—or, early morning, in this case."
"I'm being released in a couple of days. More like one day now."
"That's great, Eru. Really great."
"I was hoping you could come visit to celebrate?"
"…Eru—"
"You can't, I know. I just really miss you, all right? I really, really miss you. I need you, you know? I don't even want to think about what life will be like to live in that apartment without you."
"Get Beth to move in with you if you don't want to be lonely."
"First, I can't do that because she's getting married, and having newlyweds-to-be move in with me is not ideal right after being discharged from the hospital. Second of all, I don't want to move in with Beth—maybe a little, but there's the newlywed situation—I want to move in with you, Kenny. You. You are the only one I can imagine living with the rest of my life."
"Are you proposing?"
"Cut the jokes, Kenny! This is not the time for that!"
"Sorry, sorry. Look, I really can't, Eru, as much as I'd love to. There's really no way for me to get back now."
"Kenny, please."
"Eru, I can't have this conversation with you anymore. I'm really sorry. I love you, but I just can't. There's no way around this one."
"Fine."
"I'm sure you're exhausted. You'd better get some sleep."
"Yeah, all right. Love you, Kenny."
"I love you, Eru. Again, I'm sorry."
"Don't worry about it."
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