"I gave you the opportunity to come clean on your own," Aly says, and shrugs. "I just wanted you to know that I know. It'd be...I don't know, dishonest? Of me not to let you know that. I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little hurt that you're keeping secrets, but that's kind of your thing, isn't it."
She takes a breath, and gives him a serious look. "Hey - I may be a jackass, but I'm not an asshole. If you want to keep it on the DL, then it's not my place to put it on the grapevine. And for what it's worth? I'd never judge you. One of my best friends is soulmate-things with someone nonbinary, and only our little group knows because. Well. It's hard to explain to people who don't get that kind of weird spiritual cross-universal bond thing." She waves her hands vaguely, since it's one of those things that really is hard to explain, even when speaking openly. "We don't go around prying into their private business, even though we really want to know what they talk about. But like I said before. Not our place."
She leans back, lacing her fingers together behind her head. "So this isn't exactly new to me. Secrets and all, hiding your heart. I get it." There's a moment of silence while she picks out the right words, even though she's been trying to pick out the right words this whole time. She hopes it shows, even if it doesn't quite work. "And secrets are hard to keep forever. Especially somewhere like here, with empaths and telepaths and nosy parkers like me. It really...it was an accident, Devin," she says softly. "I thought you might be happy to have someone who knows and, you know, is happy that you're happy."
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She takes a breath, and gives him a serious look. "Hey - I may be a jackass, but I'm not an asshole. If you want to keep it on the DL, then it's not my place to put it on the grapevine. And for what it's worth? I'd never judge you. One of my best friends is soulmate-things with someone nonbinary, and only our little group knows because. Well. It's hard to explain to people who don't get that kind of weird spiritual cross-universal bond thing." She waves her hands vaguely, since it's one of those things that really is hard to explain, even when speaking openly. "We don't go around prying into their private business, even though we really want to know what they talk about. But like I said before. Not our place."
She leans back, lacing her fingers together behind her head. "So this isn't exactly new to me. Secrets and all, hiding your heart. I get it." There's a moment of silence while she picks out the right words, even though she's been trying to pick out the right words this whole time. She hopes it shows, even if it doesn't quite work. "And secrets are hard to keep forever. Especially somewhere like here, with empaths and telepaths and nosy parkers like me. It really...it was an accident, Devin," she says softly. "I thought you might be happy to have someone who knows and, you know, is happy that you're happy."