POV’s Tate
Once they set the food on the table, I tried to break off the conversation by beginning to serve myself.
As I shoveled some eggs onto my plate, I heard Zeke say to Philip, “Philip, what are you doing here? I didn’t realize you were that close with your rookies.”
I passed the eggs over to Philip, who then spoke. “While the new players on my team are all great, that’s not why I’m here. I’m here with Tate.”
He passed the eggs to Marco, who had sat beside him.
“Oh, I didn’t know you two were friends,” Zeke stated, and the look on his face was too innocent to be clueless.
“Actually,” I stepped in. “Philip is my boyfriend.”
Zeke’s brows lifted in surprise. Connie, who was sitting next to him, passed him the pancakes.
I started eating my eggs, listening to Mikasa talk about how
