He was incredibly appreciative that she seemed to be erring on the side of ‘less is more’. He’d encountered the more direct side of Darcy Lewis before. And whilst he would hate to have to ask her to let the subject drop, he didn’t know that talking it out any further would do any good. Despite her assurances otherwise, he knew this was something he had to figure out on his own.
“I know,” he assured. “And I promise to take full advantage of that if you promise to do the same.” He slipped an arm around her shoulders, giving a brief squeeze in what passed for an embrace given the way they were sitting, though he kept a hand on her shoulder afterwards. “Anyway, I thought running counted as hanging out?” His tone was lighter with the question.