[It's strange, but something about that short sentence alone seems to cut Red deep. They'd known each other for at least a month. They'd had a lot of good times, hadn't they? They see each other every couple of days at least.
[Here Red had thought he'd made a pretty good friend - is Archie just upset or did he really manage to fool himself that badly?]
i care about you
[Whether or not they're friends - whether or not Archie considers them to be - that much is still true.]
[the reason archie is outright rejecting this is because he doesn't think red cares about him. he thinks red is telling him what red thinks he wants to hear.]
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[Here Red had thought he'd made a pretty good friend - is Archie just upset or did he really manage to fool himself that badly?]
i care about you
[Whether or not they're friends - whether or not Archie considers them to be - that much is still true.]
lmk if u still want me 2 tlk 2 muk
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YEAH, WHENEVER.
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