The next few days were fun, I would say.
Not perfect, but lighter than before. Sometimes we’d stay on voice call from morning till evening. I would be doing small things—scrolling, lying down, just existing—while his voice stayed in the background like a constant presence. Cole was so fun to talk to. And he was extremely blunt too. The kind of person that tells you things exactly how they are, without even trying to soften the edges.
No sugarcoating. No hiding behind polite words.
Just truth.
And weirdly… I liked it.
But then again, he’s a lastborn, so I should’ve expected that kind of energy from him.
There was something about him that filled silence easily. Even when we weren’t saying anything important, it never felt awkward. It just felt like he was there.
And I didn’t realize h
