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"The hell he can," Kenji mutters. "He talks through all the good parts. And anyway, he needs to go, like, shave and shit. Shower a couple of times. Run around the block and release those pheromones. Get ready for romance."
Warner raises an eyebrow at him. "If that's what you do to get ready for romance, I can see why you're single."

"Warner loves me, too," around a bite of popcorn. Sometimes it's a little too much, you know? It's always Oh my God, Kenji, you're amazing, you're my best friend, don't tell Juliette but I love you the most-"
"How is it that every time you speak," Warner cuts him
off, "you have food in your mouth?"
"Don't exaggerate because you're jealous," says Kenji.
"If you want popcorn, all you have to do is ask."

"Living with you while you were going through puberty, for example, was unique kind of hell. Sometimes I think you're still going rough puberty."
I scowl.
"I don't like hearing you say the word puberty. In fact, I don't think I need to hear you say that word ever again."

"What makes you think I have any leverage over her?"
"Because she's been saying your name in her dreams." A shock of pleasure moves through me.
"What? Really?"
"No."
"Wow, okay, fuck you."
Warner actually smiles.

"Ten years of living with me, learning from me, and you still resort to profanity. I blame Kent. He raised you to think it was okay to speak like a criminal."
"And Kenji," I point out. "Kenji inspires me on the daily."

"Even now, remembering this, my heart begins an unsteady beat. Holding her had felt natural and easy, as if I'd done it a hundred times. I couldn't understand my reaction to her then, and I don't understand my reaction to her now. All I know is that the instinct to protect her comes so naturally to me that I have to actively work to shut it off."