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[bywolves]

I suppose so. [ He sprawls back on the bed, closing his eyes. ] I don't think I can deny that, by now.

[devoutish]

Mmmm.

[There's another question on Alfie's mind, though.]

Do you...

[He trails off.]

[bywolves]

Do I what?

[devoutish]

Do you miss women? Being with women?

[bywolves]

[ A bit of a splutter, and then: ] What -- you mean as in...

[ Red cheeks. ] I don't know? What's that supposed to mean?

[devoutish]

You don't have to answer.

[bywolves]

I don't. [ Royce says, flustered. ] If it were only women and not men, I wouldn't miss that either. I don't understand the point of your question.

[devoutish]

I didn't mean to upset you, mate; I shouldn't've asked.

[bywolves]

I'm not - upset, just. [ He wrinkles his nose. ] I'm not upset.

[ Here, see. He'll show Alfie that he isn't. Flustered by a question he wasn't expecting, but not upset. ]

[devoutish]

Mm. I can't always predict what you're not gonna react well to, that's all.

[bywolves]

I'm... I'm getting better at -- well. [ He clears his throat. ] I'm trying to get better at not responding like an idiot when someone brings up sex.

[devoutish]

I only asked because I would, but I'm not--

[What's the word again?]

-- bisexual. It's a different sort of perspective.

[bywolves]

[ Oh. Is that the word? Royce squints up at him. ]

Where did you hear that word?

[devoutish]

People use it. It means having a taste for both men and women.

[bywolves]

Oh. [ He rubs at the back of his neck. ] ... I guess that is what I am, then.

[devoutish]

Is it nice having a word for it?

[bywolves]

I... I guess so. [ He tilts his head back, now, thinking about it. ] I don't know that I'd... I'd really want to use it to describe myself. But it is reassuring that it has a name.

[devoutish]

Yeah. Doesn't seem that uncommon, either.

[bywolves]

Apparently not.

[devoutish]

Yeah. More common than my old-fashioned way of seeing things.

[bywolves]

[ He smiles a bit, nudging Alfie. ]

Old-fashioned. You barely blinked when I told you I loved Merrick, all that time ago.

[devoutish]

I blinked a bit more on the inside.

[He admits.]

But no, it didn't change how I felt about you.

[bywolves]

[ He hums a little, turning over to lay out flat on his stomach again. ]

I've never thought about whether or not it was strange, just that it was.

[devoutish]

I never did either, but, well.

[Everyone that he knew of at home was also straight, so.]

[bywolves]

[ Royce shrugs, and closes his eyes. ]

Doesn't really matter. It isn't all that I am.