"Okay." he said, his voice a little cautious, "Just so you knoww. I am gettin' upright sick a evveryone thinkin' I'm hittin' on 'em wwhen I'm not intendin' to. That's all."

He paused, putting his spoon back in the brown stuff and eating it without surprise this time, "Wwhat I mean to say is that you're really fuckin' good at this, so I wwas a little surprised. Earlier I wwas..." he waved his hand, frowning, and in spite of himself, tears welled up in his eyes and the rage started to come back at the same time, and he didn't know if they were angry tears or if he was just so hurt he was getting pissed off about it. Kanaya did that to him. She screwed him up so bad.

"It wwas bad."

He paused, "Are you serious about bein' ashen for me and Kan?"