Anyways I don't speak for espio but i personally don't like love. I love my friends and we keep it real with each other, and that's where you get all the love you need. Romance feels dumb and forced. It's absolutely not necessary but there's this whole social pressure that anyone who is not dating someone is weak and has no status or some dumb stuff which is just a huge swinging schadenfreude richard that people love to swing around. Not everyone has to dive into a relationship. Maybe espio would be happy if he stayed just friends? Maybe he'd feel great if he had a girlfriend? Who forgetin knows