[ Quietly his eyes scanned all of the other people. They looked happy and so content together and it almost did seem to tie into what the boy was telling him. ]

...It's impossible to pursue that. I doubt he would ever feel anything towards me asides friendship, especially not with someone so broken as me.

[ He blinked a bit, stilling. That wasn't something he'd meant to say aloud, and in truth? They WERE still kind of standing under that particular tree's shade. ]

This is why I don't bother with trying to understand human emotions.