Re: For Tabby;
He wouldn't, really. And she knew it, clearly, so there really wasn't a point in arguing that, because he knew he wouldn't even ignore her just to prove a point. They didn't bother saying it or being all mushy or whatever; they were the stunted kids, the emotionally stilted and socially inept ones that struggled with letting barriers down to express things like that. So they did it in their own way and that was fine. Yeah; Pyro cared, and he knew that Tabby did despite her bitching, but he wasn't gonna tell her that. "No you wouldn't, you'd wonder when the other shoe was gonna get fried."
So great; she was still mad at Ric, which likely meant Ric was still holding out for her to either come to her senses and admit she was wrong -like that ever happened- or he was just being as stubborn as she was and not accepting fault. Which was gonna be a headache.
"Yay me." There was no enthusiasm in his voice, because frankly, he hated when she pulled that 'you have to come and pretend' bullshit -luckily he'd only had to play 'jealous boyfriend' once, and he'd got to burn off some eyebrows, which made up for it really. "What happened to 'college kids are losers'?"