"Leaves," Adam answered, with a wry, helpless smile. He'd brought it with a leaf of the plant he'd found it on, but it had eaten half of that already and had then gone mostly still and behaved in shock for the transport and prodding. "If it doesn't like the plant we put it on, it can find others, right?"

Adam had never had the opportunity for pets, and his recognition of this caterpillar was a fluke. He still wasn't sure he remembered correctly, since he'd learned about the caterpillar as a child, and green caterpillars all seemed alike to him.

As they made their way down a hallway, Adam’s mind whirled. He was gay, and he had a crush on Alec.

No, he’d dated a girl. He’d found Blue attractive. Still found her attractive. Would have liked to kiss her, and though he didn’t want to kiss her anymore, that was because of the mess of their breakup rather than anything having to do with her attractiveness. So he wasn’t gay. He was straight.

He remembered that bisexuality existed, and felt immediately soothed by this realization. It was comforting and freeing at once. It allowed for all possibility, with no hard limitations. He could be attracted to people on a case by case basis, on account of their merits, regardless of their gender. The idea appealed to him.

Cradling the caterpillar carefully, Adam walked in silence, letting his mind do its processing.