[Despite how backwards and wrong it is that someone would ever say such a thing to him and how the two of them shouldn't even be friends at all, let alone best friends, Slugger can't help it when a smile spreads over his face. He tries to disguise it as a mocking grin, but really? It's a genuine smile and there's nothing he can do to hide it or fight away the feeling that brought it on.
In the moments it takes to compose himself, Slugger places a hand on the side of Pokey's face and pushes it away with perhaps a bit more care than he intended.]
Me, too. For my fr- ...my friends. And for my best friend...
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[Despite how backwards and wrong it is that someone would ever say such a thing to him and how the two of them shouldn't even be friends at all, let alone best friends, Slugger can't help it when a smile spreads over his face. He tries to disguise it as a mocking grin, but really? It's a genuine smile and there's nothing he can do to hide it or fight away the feeling that brought it on.
In the moments it takes to compose himself, Slugger places a hand on the side of Pokey's face and pushes it away with perhaps a bit more care than he intended.]
Me, too. For my fr- ...my friends. And for my best friend...
[That's you, jerkass.]