[ what's even funnier is that everyone around them is probably convinced they broke up in the romantic sense. even if they were made fun of for being like a couple, to the point people thought they were, those just weren't the things that would bother them. they were too close for that. rather, were they the ones jealous for not having as close of a friend? ]

Makes sense. You never did care for loud and crowded places.

[ elysium watches as the people and stalls below shrink to miniatures beneath their ascent. back then, everything had felt so small, and he'd thought him and thorns would be together forever. they could still be together forever from now on, technically. though, he is thinking about how if he were in a relationship, some of the things they did wouldn't be ones he'd be comfortable with. the thought's somewhat sobering. ]

But as a change of pace now and then… they're not so bad, right?