Kieran was non-committal; Jude thought he had best feign the same. He didn’t know if he was as good as Kieran at being casual.
“Just for a while,” Jude answered - he wouldn’t have asked if he hadn’t been... and if he hadn’t hoped Kieran would say yes - but he understood that it might be safer not to at this time of month. Their friends could only wave so much off as down to a bad hangover.
“It really doesn’t matter,” he added, rolling the mandrake leaf around in his mouth to adjust its place, and then taking a ginger nibble of toast. “I’ll see you later either way, I suppose.” Like this, in secret, as always. It was fine.
wrap?
“Just for a while,” Jude answered - he wouldn’t have asked if he hadn’t been... and if he hadn’t hoped Kieran would say yes - but he understood that it might be safer not to at this time of month. Their friends could only wave so much off as down to a bad hangover.
“It really doesn’t matter,” he added, rolling the mandrake leaf around in his mouth to adjust its place, and then taking a ginger nibble of toast. “I’ll see you later either way, I suppose.” Like this, in secret, as always. It was fine.
