Because I don't actually know if I would have! I really just--was happy to have him as a friend a-and--

[ Well, he's dead. But Winter doesn't know that, maybe. And March is the kind of girl who would still take what time she can get, so that's actually not a big deal in the larger scheme of things. The problem is...

... A note of distress enters her breathing, shallow but present, and March lowers her hands to grip at her skirt. ]

If I... if I really like him, I...!