Oh what a delight to know. Nida liked that idea, that his lover thought about what might be the best for him. He never stopped being flattered by the idea that someone cared about him, put him ahead of other things, cared about him. Loved him.

Fuck it was so good to matter to someone.

"I've had reasons not to. I'm trying to be better than I was, I don't want to become the man I was before here, before you."