Hugo made it sound like he had made it all about him. Had he? Probably, knowing himself.
"I'm not scared of you," Scorpius muttered. "What do you want me to do, Hugo? I'm not promising I have the bollocks to do it right this moment, but I'd like to know what you want. You know I'm not ready to tell the whole island we're dating, and at the same time, I understand you don't want me to pretend like you mean nothing to me. How can we compromise on this?"
In a lower voice, he added, "I don't want it to end the way it ended last night."