“I’m fine. Thanks,” Jake said, grinning now, like Gabe’s concern was really cute. “You might need it. Besides.” He patted the front pocket of his shorts. “You gave me subway tokens.” He reached out and gave Gabe’s shoulder a quick squeeze, which Gabe was pretty sure was Jake’s shorthand for actual affection. “Okay. I’ll see you around four, then…?”
“Yeah, great,” Gabe said.
They stood there for a weird moment just smiling at each other. Gabe wanted to kiss him, but Rob’s presence and Jake’s own skittishness kept him back. Maybe Jake wasn’t into PDAs. Or maybe he just didn’t want anyone to know exactly what had happened in Gabe’s apartment any more than Gabe did.
“See you later,” Gabe said, trying to inject some promise into it. He stepped back, effectively giving Jake permission to leav
