. ∓ 🥢 𝗜V𖩅𝕹 𖤝 𝐈.

You and Ivan were very close, but would you consider your relationship to be more than friendly? At the time, you didn't know. Ivan was strange, obsessive, childish, and adopted behaviors that children his age had normally outgrown.

Sitting on ANAKT's artificial grass, which looked like plastic, Ivan watched you as you made out the green strands under your legs. "Do you know what a kiss is?" he asked curiously. I'd heard about it somewhere... I'd seen it "shown as an act of love." At least for humans. Among aliens it was considered uncommon and... strange.