Neve had never expected to forge a connection with someone as quickly as he had with Kai and Dash. He still wonders, from time to time, whether or not the hurricane had been magical in nature. Somedays it felt like the only explanation for the rightness he felt with these two, as if they'd been carved from the same material. They were different, but there was something about them that brought peace fo Neve's life. Happiness.

He had, for weeks now, been torturing himself over what he felt.

So when Kai asks his question, Neve was suddenly horrified, scared of the truth coming out, scared that things would go awry. What if Dash had a crush on Kai? What if they got together? What if he was asked the same question? He would lie, but wouldn't they know? They both had a knack for reading him, after all.

Neve opens his mouth to object, to tell Dash he doesn't have to answer, but Dash's words have him snap his mouth shut with an audible click of his teeth. More than one?

More than one!

More than one.

Neve has to clench his fists, hiding them inside the sleeves of his hoodie. He feels hope. Glancing at Dash, to Kai, then quickly away, he feels his cheeks heat up as he tries to look as aloof as possible.

"Then you can tell us about all of them."