Only when grapes are involved apparently. [he gets the joke. the grape incident is something he knows he can never live down and kind of doesn't want to anyway.

his lips quirk at that though, at 'direct.'] You are right, as you often are. I was likely trying to rationalize and irrational.

[because the being open and vulnerable thing is a work in progress he usually thinks he's doing quite well at, all things considered. reaching the lamp and he stops though, giving pal quite the look for that claim.]

I do not. What tell? [the nerve, truly. almost like being incredibly gay and all the incredibly romantic things they do are a tell.]