"Clearly. But now I'm worried that whomever I end up dating they'll wonder when the wedding bells will ring. Can you imagine being trapped in that kind of lie?" He didn't want to think about it. Why couldn't they just leave well enough alone?

On the plus side--

On the plus side he--

Did he really want to try? Was there something...something worth it out there? Something more to grab on to?

No... no not for him. He couldn't imagine there would be.

But what if there was? What if there was some spark somewhere that could give meaning to-- everything?

Except he was too bloody old for that.

"Hm?" Wuxian was still talking and he'd missed whatever he'd said. It had sounded like a preference question so: "Whatever you like."