Written for open_on_sunday, prompt "denial." Takes place just after The Yoko Factor.
He can't believe it, not even once he's left Giles's and is contemplating it at home. It's impossible to comprehend.
Not the Willow-having-a-girlfriend thing, because-
Well, yeah, that's also pretty unbelievable.
But even more insane is that he didn't know. That Buffy had been told first.
God, when did it become Willow-and-Buffy and Buffy-and-Xander? When had Willow-and-Xander fallen apart? For how long had he been denying that it had?
He doesn't know anymore, but he's certain of one thing. When this madness ends- and of course it will end- that's going to change.
He wants his best friend back.