interactions with other people sometimes shouldn't be necessary. making small talk and becoming friends with people sometimes can seem so pointless, because you believe that someday they will leave you. maybe you don't think so, but for some people, that's the way they live their life by.
kenzie landeros, lives her life trying to be as distant and closed as much as possible. already having low social skills, she also has trust issues from past experiences.
and for mikey barone, it's simple. he just doesn't find friends and making relationships really important. he would rather live a lonely life, than spending it wondering why people do like him.
both with that common interest, they soon start to take a particular curiosity towards eachother. as they start to talk more, they also start to let down their barricades, then confide in one another. will their relationship become more than "friends"? read.