[one of Dave's best friends is both very shouty and obsessed with romcoms and romance novels, so even though this is very high up there on the list of sappy friendship things he's heard, it's probably actually somewhere in the middle when it comes to overall sap factor.]
[not ... not that he's been ranking them! besides, as bad as he can be at expressing sincerity himself, he recognizes it in others just fine. and he knows this is 100 percent sincere friendship being tossed his way, wrapped up in a hug and everything.]
[and even if he isn't always great at responding in kind, it at least gives him the courage to try.]
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[not ... not that he's been ranking them! besides, as bad as he can be at expressing sincerity himself, he recognizes it in others just fine. and he knows this is 100 percent sincere friendship being tossed his way, wrapped up in a hug and everything.]
[and even if he isn't always great at responding in kind, it at least gives him the courage to try.]
[.....]
Thanks, Rion.