Although there's something weird, still, about Jupiter pausing at this, he doesn't press it. He's relieved, actually. Which feels like cowardice. There's something in the pit of his stomach that makes him feel he should find the boy. But he's scared of what he'll find. So there's no protest. He shrugs, even. "He didn't seem much fun at parties."
He sits up a little, reaching his arm around her shoulders too. Lest she mistake this as sweet, though, he reaches into her thicket of hair and yanks. Gently. Kind of. "And I have other stuff to do anyway."
Jupiter knocks her chin up and exhales a huff of air through her nose. "What kinda nerd stuff do you got lined up, huh?" she asks, a bit too soft and fond to sound all that bullying. Always, she is careful to stay on just this side of unserious. So long as she's still joking, it's all fine, right? It's all fine.
"Hey," she pauses, lips pursing, and lifts her brow. "No secrets?"
"Oh, y'know." He drags out, trying desperately now to remember his hobbies, or anything else that happened before tonight. "Quod brackets, a new sax arrangement that you're gonna hate..." And she really is gonna hate it, but his grin looks maybe more tired than annoying, right now.
He stills for a second, after that, weighing whether this is a promise he can really make. But there's really only one answer. "No secrets." He nods, and then looks up, sharper. "You, either."
He's younger. But that doesn't mean she can go off on some weird revenge thing without him.
Atlas & Jupiter
He sits up a little, reaching his arm around her shoulders too. Lest she mistake this as sweet, though, he reaches into her thicket of hair and yanks. Gently. Kind of. "And I have other stuff to do anyway."
Atlas & Jupiter
"Hey," she pauses, lips pursing, and lifts her brow. "No secrets?"
Atlas & Jupiter
He stills for a second, after that, weighing whether this is a promise he can really make. But there's really only one answer. "No secrets." He nods, and then looks up, sharper. "You, either."
He's younger. But that doesn't mean she can go off on some weird revenge thing without him.