Luke was silent for a long moment before he even thought about responding. What was he supposed to say? 'I didn't want to tell her that I'd kissed Mao because if she knew she'd want me to be with him instead of her?'
"I... didn't want to think about it I guess?" Luke told him, although the evident question mark at the end of the statement reduced the credibility of his words. "I thought she might... take it the wrong way."