"I liked her before the drugs, on the drugs, after the drugs— it just ammmmplified everything, you know?" he explains.

It has dawned on him that there's an ending to this story he's not sure he should tell Kyle. Or maybe he should before someone else does. He can't yet decide which is the smarter decision, but it seems a bleak thing to ruin their nice moment with that.

He runs his fingers through Kyle's freshly groomed hair instead.