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"I don't care if you're related to my boyfriend by blood. I will never respect you and I will never see you as my brother in law. Come near me and I will attack you, I don't fear you."
"You'll attack me?? Oh I'm so scared. Let's see who can win that fight when you don't have your little fire friend to help you."
"No hard feelings."
To Zion, Accalia is one of his closest friends. Their history is long intertwined that at this point, there's no way she's getting rid of him. Not even their breakup could get him to leave her alone. She's the strongest person he knows, and that's even past absolute powerhouses he knows because of how much she's gone through and survived. He still does love her, but at this point it's not romantic in the slightest, they interact better as best friends or siblings instead of romantic partners, something they both agreed on. He promised to be there for her and in return, she's there to listen to his woes and rambles mostly about his boyfriend.
"No hard feelings?"
To Accalia, Shadow's been a constant throughout basically her entire life. He was there when she was finally able to mourn her parents, gave her a place to stay when she was alone and had noone but him and his family, moved with her out to Kalcheth when she needed to get out of Wolf Territory. They tried dating, but after a few years it was obvious that she was not in a place mentally to be in a relationship, but they ended it as best friends instead of bitter exes. Now that Shadow's dating Jake, she gets to listen to him gush about his boyfriend and even though it took her a while to warm up to the idea of her least favorite person's brother dating one of her favorite people she still loves to see her friend happy. They still hang out regularly, like going to get food together or going shopping or even returning every once and a while to Wolf Territory, just like they always do.
"Want to help me mess with your boyfriend?" While Shadow isn't overly close with Ashley, he is close enough to know a lot about her and appreciate her a lot. He sometimes wonders how Soul's kept her around as long as he has, but he mostly means that in a best friend dragging on his best friend way. He also appreciates how much Ash has done for Accalia and loves seeing them hang out and being happy, even if he and Accalia had long split ways relationship wise.
"A fellow take shit apart and put it back together guy!" Even though Chiyem is much older than him, he enjoys how much their personalities mesh together, especially when he's working on stuff and Chiyem gives his input. He values Chiyem's opinions and experience when it comes to the things he's built. Shadow also doesn't question the guy much about his past, knowing that the war in CS is causing many people to get out and find other countries to live in, he just makes it known he's there to help him and Cameron out even if he's only met her a handful of times.
"How did I get so lucky?" Jake is everything to Shadow, and he genuinely wants to spend the rest of his life with him. He's aware there's a lot of drama and rough spots they'll encounter, especially considering Jake's family but Shadow is so glad he gave him a chance, and he's ready to help Jake get through whatever they face together.
"I really don't deserve you." Jake loves Shadow more than anyone else, wanting to spend however many years he has left with him. Jake shows his affection in actions rather than words because if he tried to use words, he would probably just say it wrong because of the butterflies he gets around Shadow. Despite their love for each other, Jake can't help but wonder why Shadow ever gave him a chance, considering what his brother and father have done to Shadow and his friends, but he is happy and eternally grateful that Shadow did.
"I appreciate you." To Shadow, Lumi's like an aunt of sorts. He knows they're closer with Angela than they are with him, but having them as a close family friend made a huge difference to him as a kid and now. He knows he has someone to rely on back at Wolf Territory if he needs her, and that she'll always have an ear open to hear about what he's been up to.
"You've turned into a fine young man, Z." Lumi's seen Zion grow up and is almost like an aunt to him with how close they are to his family and especially how close a friend they are to his father, Brandon. They love helping him where they can and loves hearing about his life now that he doesn't live as far. Lumi also knew that he would do well in his life, having seen it in the stars.