C137 May you be just as you were

I have a million reasons to like them, but I'm missing a person who can stand by their side.

This was what Cabbage had said to Pea at noon, when the two of them had been at loggerheads outside the barbecue shop. When the pea mentioned the cabbage again, it was like a sharp knife stabbing into his chest, cold and clear. Because it was so simple, he understood what it meant