Benji's concern grew, momentarily, at Ron's sigh, but it dwindled a bit at his response, "I'm glad." Chuckling a little at the cake comment, he shook his head, then admitted, "I wondered if that was part of it." With a shrug, by way of explanation, he added, "I didn't notice his name on the audition sheet and figured it was a little weird." The choice really did suck for people like Evan, who were more actor than singer. "Is that part of why you didn't audition?"
Ron's next question gave him a moment of pause, which Benji hoped went unnoticed by his friend. "We're alright," he answered, turning his gaze forward as he bit his lip. He was a terrible liar, wasn't he? "Sort of," he added after another moment, knowing Ron wouldn't have let him get away with brushing the question off like that.