Did he feel any better?

"Uh," Kai said, a tell tale to the blunt truth about to follow. "Not really."

Really there wasn't any part of admitting to your anxious boyfriend that you had an unrequited feeling for someone else-- inevitably hurting them along the way-- that felt good. Felt pretty shitty actually. The tickle in his throat wasn't flowers anymore, he was sure, so yeah. He had that going at least. Kai sighed softly through his nose.

"Just wanted to be honest," he went on quietly. "So nothing could turn it into something else. S'not supposed to be a secret."

"... but it's not gonna be anything you don't want it to be, either."