Owen shrugged and smiled softly. "That's all right. I was in denial for awhile too. And then when I wasn't in denial, I was ignoring it. It seemed like a good idea at the time." Not so much anymore. While he could understand his motivations for trying to keep his feelings at a distance, now he couldn't help but think they might have wasted precious time. "Then Oliver showed up and everything was sort of... surfacing. And then he said he was gay, and I went ahead and repressed again. Doesn't make any sense."