"No." Joe nudged Ram with his elbow since he had his hands full and he wanted to find some way to show affection. "You would have to do a lot more than be sad at me to ruin the date," he assured him. Joe didn't know exactly what that would be. Stabbing him in the heart either literally or metaphorically? He couldn't see that happening in a million years. "But I will save my sad story for another day." There would be no salvaging a date after his tale.
Joe spotted something moving in one of the windows as they walked up to the house, his situational awareness prickling. But he broke into a smile when he realized that it was a cat and not a nosy roommate. "Which one is that?" he asked, nodding towards it. It wasn't Trouble which meant it had to be Scorn or Chaos.