[ Yu can feel it, the tension, the strange charged air between them. He does the only thing he can do: push through it like he doesn't feel it at all.

Everything simple has become so complicated. Taken on a dual nature he doesn't intend.

Or ... does he?

no, don't think about that. ]

Sure. [ Soft but warm.

A beat later, his tone light and only that: ]

I'd like to hear you play sometime. I feel like it's been a while since the last time I got a chance.

[ Another beat: ]

And you know, I've been thinking of taking you up on that idea. To find a job at a daycare, I mean.