"Hello?" "Um, hey?" "Wait, you don't sound like my Aunt Kathy." "Unless I was miraculously converted into a member of the opposite gender and somehow related to whoever is on the other side of this call, then yeah. I'm not your Aunt Kathy." "Oh, shiitake mushrooms." ...
"you certainly do make me feel pretty." (TRIGGER WARNING - eating disorder, self-harm.)
"we don't have to pretend anymore," he says, inching closer. "this time, it's real." he continues, closing the gap between us.