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Nimmiii 
Ruby simply shook her head when he asked about the friendship thing but then stopped halfway in between--he seemed really upset and...and surprised. She raised an eyebrow at him, clearly confused. Did he really think they could have some sort of friendship after what they had been through?! Wow. Braeden Stonem never ceased to amaze her. The redhead really hoped he wouldn't start crying or something because she would just run away.
But all the same, he seemed genuinely upset, except that the photograph had cheered him a little. She noticed that he didn't grin though. Well, what was she supposed to tell him, that they were friends?! Oh Merlin.
Ruby took a step towards him and tried to put on a concerned face, which was impossible. "Umm, well...do you...do you think we're friends?" She asked him in a non-Ruby voice. This was getting way to awkward for her, she just wanted to be able to yell at him again and watch him squirm.
On instinct, Braeden took a step back as Ruby approached him. He hadn't even realized he was doing so; his body was just having its natural reaction to the redhead being near: run for cover. However, the boy's expression remained the same: like someone had just slapped him across the face repeatedly and he might just burst into tears.
He was quite easy to hurt.
"Well… I thought we were," muttered Braeden with a shrug as Ruby asked if he thought they were friends. "I mean… I know we don't really… act like friends, but…" The boy shrugged again. "I know this is going to sound weird, and possibly even creepy, but for some odd, weird reason that not even I can figure out, I care about you, Ruby. And… that's what friends do. They care when the other's upset with 'em," he explained.
Oh Merlin, how corny did that sound? Well, hopefully corny enough to get her to kick my shins again…
… WAIT, WHY am I wishing to be physically injured?! Oh Merlin, what is the matter with me…
The boy was definitely a masochist.
But masochist or not, he needed Ruby back to normal. This… quiet, non-violent version of her was weird. Though, if she suddenly decided to be sweet and charming like that one time at Diagon Alley, he wasn't about to complain on that either.