Wayne's brain sailed right over the "if it's okay to be gay" part of the statement because of course it was, and they both knew that...and instead landed square on "feeling like that about Wayne."
When he was that age, Wayne would've messed around with anyone who showed vague interest. In fact, he had. With multiple people. Most notably, Llinos. And that was one for the books, to be sure. But sloppy hand jobs and snogging in corners hadn't been foreign to him.
Not that he made a big deal of it. Not that he was that keen on discretion, but his partners had been, so he'd kept a lid on it. Well. Until Rhys.
"Well, yeah, it was a while back," Wayne reasoned, "and some things change, but." He cleared his throat, conscious that he should not be coming on to Justin.