[ he fully expects them to deny it. just how every time wolfwood calls him Vash lately, he immediately denies having done it.

but rren doesn't deny it.
rather, they double down on it and says something... very sincere.
it makes his heart feel light.
its a feeling he doesn't get often. he'd line to cling to it. ]

I don't mind how long you put it off. Or if you didn't want to say it at all.
The fact that you said it at all, makes me happy.

I don't get to have many friends.

So, thank you.