"I accepted about an hour ago that someone must have spiked it or something. My head is far too foggy for that not to be what happened," he noted before running his hands through his hair. "I'm sorry you have so much happening in your life. Anything I can do to make things easier for you, I will... Apparently it makes me just sound like a greeting card, so wordy is fine."
"I don't know about death to formal wear. I happen to be a pretty big fan of how it looks on people." Deft fingers took the tie from Ben and easily loosened the knot and untied it, but instead of setting it on the table or handing it to the other student, Hector used it to pull Ben towards him as their lips met for the third time that night.