"Ah well, he has been clingy about his and my friendship too. I think he is pretty terrified of anyone leaving him." Seiko said thoughtfully, thinking back to the time she'd had to slap him to calm him down.
"It sounds a little too much to be normal, and...besides wanting to be told you are loved like that... Its a bit..." Seiko waved her free hand, trying to draw her thoughts together. "Forced, like he needs to hear it, and like he hopes it will make you believe it even more?"
She ate some more sorbet thoughtfully. "It isn't normal, Maeko-chan is it really worrying you? Like, badly?"