#honestly it would be a good reylo song too tbh. but we don’t ship reylo in this universe for…obvious reasons

[askbensolo]

“hey, fan.”

“oh...hi!”

“mind if i sit here?”

"oh! um, no, no, of course not...please, go ahead.”

"it's...uh. hot, huh?"

"yes. much hotter than ryloth."

"...i'll miss you when you go back."

"...i'll miss you too."

"listen i'm sorry about...you know, everything..."

"yes...me too. i've been feeling rather overwhelmed. i know i haven't been very kind to you as of late, or as communicative as i ought to be, and i'm sorry. i was thinking...this whole thing must be rather difficult for you. it's all so...new for you, isn't it."

"heh. yeah. well...i could stand to not lose my temper so much. i haven't been great to you, either. which is a shame, since...you'll only be here for another month, and...i don't want us to just be fighting the whole time."

"no...i don't want that, either."

"we're still friends, right?"

"yes. of course."

"we'll always be friends?"

"i hope so."

"do you...still wanna try being something else later? or...do you still think i'm a dumbass?"

"ben.”

"hey, your words, not mine, sister.”

"...well. haha. maybe i do still think that."

"i mean. fair."

"but...maybe later this year, or next year, we could…try being something else."

"good. 'cause over the past couple weeks i've come to the unfortunate conclusion that...well…i do really like you a lot. love you, in fact, which almost physically pains me to admit out loud."

"you...do?"

"yeah. i do. i mean, c’mon, do you have any idea how cool you are? but, i gotta warn you...i'm kind of a huge mess."

"well...so am i, ben. i just hide it better than you do. and...i already know you are."

"mmkay, a little rude, but—also? fair.”

“haha.”

“so, uh...friends for the rest of the summer...and then…maybe something else later?"

"that sounds wonderful to me."

"...there's gonna be a lot to figure out, you know. like, i’m serious, fan. a lot. you…really think it’d be worth it? i mean, we don’t even know if we’d still be together, years from now.”

"ben...believe me when i say this: i love you. i have loved you. i have tried in vain not to love you. for you...i would weather any storm. it would bring a lot of new challenges, but...well...it would be much more challenging for me to try to live the rest of my life without you, i think."

“heh. i feel the same way about you, sis. s'pose that settles it, then.”