Honesty was probably best even if Adam might not understand. "I don't know what I want. I've been so focused on no one finding out the truth or protecting everyone that I never thought of what I wanted." He could occasionally feel a faint tremor through Adam's fingers, unsure what it meant, but certain that he shouldn't ask. If Adam didn't want him to do this, he wouldn't have said yes.

"I hope you want to fight someone other than me." Looking up, he began to smile. Things didn't seem as bad after talking to Izzy and Adam had quit using that tone.

Humming softly, he checked the polish on one nail and began the next. "So does my parabatai. It took me awhile to learn how to not set him off. Are there certain topics I we don't have to stop fake dating?"