I thought the conversation was over.
For a second, it felt like it might just… fade out.
But then Blake went still, his eyes moving between us like something finally clicked.
“Okay,” he said slowly. “What’s going on with you two? For real.”
Neither of us answered.
His brows pulled together.
“When did you stop being just friends and start sounding like… that?” he gestured between us. “Because last I checked, you two were just annoying. Not—whatever this is.”
I crossed my arms.
“We’re still annoying.”
“Not the point,” he shot back. Then his eyes narrowed. “You can’t be mates. So what is this?”
Zayne didn’t even hesitate.
“We can’t be mates…” he said.
A beat.
“…yet.”
Blake blinked.
“…Yet?”
Zayne didn’t look at him.
“Lex’s birthday is in April,” he said. “We’ll know then.”
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