Dezel, I don't think I could have something casual with you in a million years, [Sorey laughs, pulling up his hands to kiss his knuckles on impulse. It makes him go red in the face but hey, they're already here, already talking about it.

And he should confront this. Before it gets worse.]

...I'm excited to meet up with Mikleo, but...I'm also scared. I don't know if he'll be the same Mikleo I remember. ...I don't know if he'll see me as the same Sorey. [He squeezes Dezel's hands tightly.] And I'm not saying that because I think you're- you're some kind of replacement for him; what's between us is separate from what's between me and Mikleo. I just...could... [Sorey bows his head.] ...I don't want to just have something with you and move on. It's selfish of me...I wish I could be with all of you guys again, forever, like we were supposed to be.