love-hurts

A six-panel SMBC comic on a red background. A woman with dark hair and round glasses (Sally) tenderly confesses to a man with orange flame-like hair (Johnny). She says, "Johnny, I know you've been in love with me for years." He starts to speak, "I..." but she hushes him: "Shh... I know. No more lying." She continues, "And finally, no more lying to myself. All these years... I thought of you as a friend or brother... all this time I was falling in love." Johnny softly says, "Sally..." She goes on: "I'm sorry it took so long, Johnny. Today I went to a jewelry store and bought two rings, and... Johnny, will you..." A close-up shows her hand extending two rings toward him. In the final panel, Johnny violently recoils and shoves her away with both arms, an explosion-burst behind his head, as a giant speech bubble booms "BOOOOOOM!" The joke: his years-long unrequited love has curdled into rejection at the very moment she reciprocates. Caption reads, "This bonus comic brought to you by buyers of 'Soonish.' Click for info!" The votey, a loose hand-drawn sketch of a face in profile, has one character ask "Are we more than friends?" and the other reply, "Yes! Enemies!"