Ned and I continued talking for a little while longer under the night sky.
Sometimes we would be serious, sometimes it would be a joke, and sometimes it would just be something random, with no particular reason.
Ned sighed. He was sitting on the ground next to me with his hands wrapped around his legs.
"Hey, Jay?"
My body was in the same position as his, hugging my knees to my chest. My head slowly turned over to him.
"Yeah?"
Ned smiled bitterly.
"Thanks for staying with me. Even when all I did was ramble on about random things."
A chuckle escaped me.
"You don't have to thank me for that. It was quite enjoyable, in fact."
Ned laughed.
"Mm... I enjoyed it too."
Silence descended upon us for a few moments.
The moon hung up high in the sky. Ned looked up at it and licked his dry lips.
"Normally... I feel really lonely, you know?"
He scoffed at himself.
"Well, you probably don't know."