"I think my life would have been truly blessed if you'd been here in the beginning. But I may not have been the person I am now, that you became friends with, so I'll assume the way things happened were for the best," Declan replied easily, smiling with a small shrug.

"Hm...but do you think there's something that might suit me more?" he asked, arching a brow and turning himself so he looked like he was sitting on an invisible chair, hands on his knees.

"I'm not partial to this haircut versus another. It just seemed to work. Do you think there's a better fit for my face?"