“But—” Kuzy thinks for a moment. “But you’re—not nervous. With Coops. With Pricey.” “Oh. Well, I knew Jeff would be cool because of the fundraisers and camps and stuff with You Can Play. And Alex—” Eli stalls there. Because he can’t very well say that Alex is gay too. “Alex loves you,” Kuzy says easily. “So touch okay.” “What? No. No. Alex doesn’t—” “I’m not stupid,” Kuzy says, “just because English bad. Very smart in Russian. Not need smart, though, to see Alex loves you. And”—it’s almost an afterthought—“you love Alex.”
