Listening to Zeke trying to make sense of himself, Zeph found himself once again teary-eyed. Burying his face in the pillow anew, he bit down hard on his lip. Don't you fucking cry again...
"I didn't mean it... I didn't mean it," he repeated, words muffled by the pillow. "I didn't mean it... Zeke, I don't..." he drew a shaky breath, the breathe out becoming a sob. "I don't want to be lonely," he whined into the pillow, before biting his lip again in a failing attempt to shut himself up.