Chapter 10Alex is happy.
He’s walking hand in hand with a gorgeous man in the brilliant summer sun in one of his favorite cities in the world, and they’re going to get pancakes.
Alex pulls ahead and walks backward in front of Mahiro, all the while holding on to his hand. “Tell me they have strawberries. There’s no point otherwise. And whipped cream. And sausage. And—”
Mahiro just laughs and pulls him back to his side. “Yes, they have all of that, I promise. Come on, if we take much longer we’ll be sitting on the sidewalk for an hour.”
“Okay, we jog, then!”
“No, Alex, come on, it’s so early—”
“The early bird gets the strawberries, Mahiro! Come on!”
Yes, definitely happy. Mahiro rolls his eyes and picks up the pace until he’s reluctantly running, actually sort of keeping up with Alex’
