It sounds like it wasn't a scheme after all. There's a sort of tension, or more like a suspension. Breaths being held.

Maybe he's dreaming?

That might be it. He must be dreaming.

This doesn't just happen. The odds of all three of them liking each other were so low. It was already a gamble to think even one of them could like him back, and now... they both did. And while a part of him feels so relieved and happy he feels a bit like he might cry, the other part of him is scared and has no idea how this might work. The other part of him wants to lie and say he doesn't like anyone right now. Kai and Dash would be good together. He wouldn't contaminate them with all he's done, and the blood on his hands.

But then Dash does that thing with his fists and Neve can't do anything but smile, shy and bashful and filled with fondness. His eyes fall to Kai, who's smile is as bright as the sun. He can't lie. Even if he tried, they wouldn't believe him, would they? It would only hurt them.

He didn't want to do that. That was part of why this scared him. Accepting his feelings for them had been one thing, but accepting that they're out there for them to know, that's something else. Doing something about it is something else entirely. He's not good enough for them. He can't even reconcile that they both like him.

"So you... you both like me?"