[ this is all a lot to take in, and to be honest, alfons doesn't think he's equipped to give advice or comfort as easily as al manages. his first real friend had been ed, and even that relationship had been.. strained. ]

You're both.. very silly. I don't think it's possible for either of you to not be 'good enough' for one another. Whether your experiences were the same or not, you both went through them for the same reason, didn't you? For one another.

[ after a moment, he reaches up to tuck al's hair back, smiling faintly. ]

Really, as different as you are from him, you're quite like him in some ways, aren't you?