Chapter 6

“I guess we could try it out,” he heard himself saying

“Why don’t you come over to Lucas’ apartment after we do this sing-along thing, then?” Ty squeezed Evan’s shoulder firmly. “Let’s see how it goes, and if you’re still nervous after that, we can back off. I can always troll around on Growlr or Scruff if I want some casual hook-ups.”

Evan perked up a bit. Maybe it wasn’t all or nothing then. Ty wanted to stay friendly, at least, even ifthey didn’t try having a relationship. “That sounds do-able.”

They dropped the picnic things off at Evan’s place and spent the afternoon at the art museum. Ty held his hand throughout or draped an arm over Evan’s shoulder. Evan was faintly surprised to find that Ty had nearly the same taste in art that he did. Most of Evan’s friends liked the more modern stuff, but Tyagreed with Evan.