"...So that's it," Rune finished.
"I see..."
He and his new friend were now sitting in one of the nearby parks now as they had been wandering around as the chatted.
It was a new experience getting to chat with someone in a similar situation. Rune and the boy barely knew each other but he was unloading all his troubles on him. The boy, for his part, didn't mind it. He listened to the whole thing with happy grin on his face.
"Well, sounds like nothing but good things have been coming your way lately. Other men would cry tears of blood to be in your situation, haha!"
"Yeah, it is dumb isn't it."
"Nah it isn't, it is because you want to do right by them that it is causing you so much worry."
The boy's demeanor had done a complete 180 from his supposed normal carefree and flippant nature. He sounded serious as he spoke those words before going back to his usual self.
