...Huh. Yeah, knowing you're going to be around so much longer than everyone else... So do you guys just make friends with each other, or do you just not do the friend thing anymore?

Haha, fuuuck. Heads up: I think he's going to be upset you didn't tell him sooner. I know I would be, if I thought somebody was gone forever and then it turned out they were just hiding in the attic. Or... actually, it sounds like you were invisible. Right next to him this whole time. Oh wow. This is really not going to go over well.