Al smiled. This type of hurt, he could surely control. "It only hurts if I expect something illogical to happen, right?" he reasoned. "So all I have to do is not expect these things, and I'll be fine. It's me. I'm always logical," he reassured Scor.
Snogging for hours? Ugh! "I think I'll try it this way, on my own, for awhile," he said, warily. There's less chance something might go wrong.