[This absolute brat. Cater sputters, face going even redder. Calling it like he sees it is somehow way worse than the shocked reaction.]

Okay, so we were pretty close before I moved away.

[But not like Cater ever expected that his feelings for Vil were mutual. This was honestly the kind of scenario that he'd expect from a high school romantic comedy, which is definitely not what his life is.]

But seriously, we were just kids back then. It's been, like, a decade since I'd seen him and we didn't have any contact at all between that time.

[Aside from Cater basically e-stalking him and Vil definitely knowing that he was basically e-stalking him.]