"That's a classic unrequited love story, though. The whole best friend thing. Kind of a boring one, if you ask me, but unfortunately people don't fall in love based on dramatic potential." There's a curiously bitter tone to his words, though his expression doesn't change. "I can't think why else you would assume he was so fabulously good-looking. Unless you're into skinny, broody goth pretty boys. I've never found the whole apathy-with-a-dye-job thing all the appealing, myself."