France:
We've started talking more, like you said to try. It was just small talk after a while, but she began to tell me about where she wanted to go, and what she wanted to do, and stuff that made me blank out after a while. I'm glad she likes me more, but she tends to talk about her brother and her garden and what she's planning to try making in the kitchen a lot. I told her that I would help, so I don't seem useless to her as a friend.
We've been good friends for a long time, and I knew her since I was a little kid. We used to hang out with our group of friends on weekends, and even when some of us were away for work, we always managed to get at least one day a month with all of us together. But she doesn't seem to like me any more than she likes her own brother (maybe a little more, as they don't have the best relationship).
It's good that I'm great at cooking (at least good Italian dishes; otherwise everything tends to set on fire and we need to replace the fire extinguisher soon), but I'll let her teach me some of her own techniques.
Oh, and stop fucking beeping out every word I say. I know I have a dirty mouth, but you can't censor me! …bastard.
France:
You mean I have to listen? That's stupid, but it's love. I've never been good at that, it's too…complex? That's probably not it, romance is just flowers and candy, but it's so much more than that! It's listening, then, from what you say.
She wants to see Asia, and she says she wants to get out of her little corner of the world and go see the rest of Europe, and she wants to go see her friend in Switzerland, she wants to visit the Balkans, the Americas (where she has a few more friends), all around. I never knew that she had such big intentions, but she says she wants to reconnect with everything. I can't imagine going to all these places. I'm more than happy in my own house.
We've arranged for another friendly dinner together, just the two of us this time, as I suggested to my friend that he leave during that time on some errands. Hopefully he'll get the hint, even though he can barely do that sometimes.
