And suddenly Maeko was out of her depth. Well, more so than usual.
"I- um-" How on earth was she supposed to know that? It took a fair bit of internal (and external) flailing before she remembered the 'oh right, boyfreind' thing. "You know because it gets really weird and dumb."
Maeko was explaining what something was like by insulting it a lot. Naturally. "You want to be around them even when they're stupid and you wouldn't really mind even if they didn't stop being stupid and you get all mad and it's dumb if they're with someone else. Kinda."