"Blue's favorite is strawberry," Noah says absently, drifting from the bed and out the door to go find his shoes. At some point after he and Krem broke up he bought himself a pair of rainbow Chucks in some attempt to cheer himself up, so he digs them out and hope they have the desired effect now.

He wanders back to Adam and Ronan. "Can I have a turn holding the leash?" he asks, looking longingly at it.