we stood in mills near a garbage can after we bought an odd assortment of food. milanos and a nestle bar for me; bananas, soy chips, goldfish, cheese, and cereal for him. he said "i don't want to make a big deal out of this" and i said "i'm going to cry." we hugged, our first real hug since i can't remember. and we walked in different directions looking back at each other waving. i started crying. i'm really, really going to miss him.