This already felt like a mistake. Coming here had been a mistake, when he had stubbornly resolved to stay away. Holding his hand had definitely been a mistake, because now he missed him worse than ever. Promising to talk to him would almost certainly be a mistake.
Theo chewed on the inside of his cheek, considering. Because we were so good at that before, Theo thought – but Cash had been easy to be around before, had been painlessly natural to confide in once. Theo was still aggrieved about being kept in the dark about important things, things Cash had known all along, and he was tempted to bite out something about that – something like oh, so does that mean you’ll start actually telling me things before you have to? – but he held his tongue, because the brunt of that anger had gone.
He let go of his hand. “Yeah,” Theo said finally, in spite of himself. “I can talk.”
Theo chewed on the inside of his cheek, considering. Because we were so good at that before, Theo thought – but Cash had been easy to be around before, had been painlessly natural to confide in once. Theo was still aggrieved about being kept in the dark about important things, things Cash had known all along, and he was tempted to bite out something about that – something like oh, so does that mean you’ll start actually telling me things before you have to? – but he held his tongue, because the brunt of that anger had gone.
He let go of his hand. “Yeah,” Theo said finally, in spite of himself. “I can talk.”
