[ her smile widens to a beam and she sets the sign aside, resting back against the bench with folded hands. that's a little better of a start. as far as the purpose of the sit down goes, date or not. ]

You too! Even just talking about you to others made me smile, honestly... Like, yeah, it made me super miserable when I was stupidly staying away from you and Netzach, but at the same time, I was really happy I could share things with my most trusted!

[ it made it a little less lonely, but also exacerbated it; such a strange thing, missing someone, yearning for their simple company, is. ]

What's your favorite memory? If it's... not too embarrassing to share, I mean. We can reminisce on them together.