@BeyondParasolTrees Funny you say "little details", because that actually is an important detail. No matter how much you may like a certain dynamic, readers are not obligated to get attached to a relationship if they don't see how it was formed and strengthened. In fact, that information was the one puzzle piece I needed to be fully attached to their friendship, so not getting that is pretty disappointing.
@Johanan Watt i don't know if many people wonder about these details that's why i call it "litte". I have a feeling that most people just don't care how things happened as long as it happened. This kind of itch is so hard to satisfy.