Noah frowns at Freddie's laughter, finally looking back over at him, and visibly startles when he says Lance is dead. His mouth falls open. "Oh, I'm-- I'm sorry to hear that."
Jesus.
He wishes he could think of something to reassure Freddie, and he wonders if it will be too uncomfortable now. If that's it.
"If I could hear everything, if I knew everything, I wouldn't have asked you out, would I? Because I would have known you didn't want to, and I would have known...I just would have. And I didn't. I promise, I'm not trying to hear your private stuff. I don't want to know any secrets. Sometimes things just filter through," he says, grasping at straws.
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Jesus.
He wishes he could think of something to reassure Freddie, and he wonders if it will be too uncomfortable now. If that's it.
"If I could hear everything, if I knew everything, I wouldn't have asked you out, would I? Because I would have known you didn't want to, and I would have known...I just would have. And I didn't. I promise, I'm not trying to hear your private stuff. I don't want to know any secrets. Sometimes things just filter through," he says, grasping at straws.