Alfie reached out to touch him when he bent forward that way, and his hand hovered just behind his back for a moment but then Julien was sitting back up, and he pulled his hand back instead.
"Us?" He said carefully, then he finally gave into the urge and reached up to push Julien's hair back from his face, grinning a little at how worried he looked, then frowning at second though and shrugging. "I don't know. I mean, I'm not going to pretend anymore, and date girls, or whatever. But I like you. And when I kiss you... I mean, god, Julien. But... I don't know that I'm ready for everyone to know, you know?"