"Yeah." he said blankly. "I do."

She thought that he was only a fan. 
Was Ari one? 

He couldn't resist rambling a bit. "I like Shadowbird and Galaxy a lot." He tapped the pen on the paper, leaving repetitive periods on its once pristine surface. "I think they're kind of perfect together."

Shadowbird was smart and sweet and beautiful and strong, and he loved her more than anything. Yes, they'd be perfect together. 

He looked at her drawing on the corner of the paper. A bird and a star.

"I probably sound like such a nerd." he gave a curt laugh. He wrote a few halfhearted ideas on the paper. Yet his eyes kept being drawn to the first line of the paper: 'love'.

Was she a fan? Was she the type of person who had posters tacked up in her room? Did she write fanfics?  Did she argue with other fans on the forums late at night?

How cool would it be if she was one?

"How do you feel about them?" he asked, more than bit curious.