"How serious about this are you?" Bernard asks.
Tim knows exactly what he means, but he tries anyway.  "Walking across campus?" he asks.  "Deathly."  He puts a 'deathly serious' expression on his face.
Bernard swats at him, but his hand doesn't connect.  It never does.  "You what I mean," he says.  "This."  He gestures at the space between them.
"As serious as…I can be," Tim says, wincing at the ending.  "I know that sounds like a cop-out, but."  He falls silent.
"What I meant, Tim, is do you want to tell our friends we're together?"
"Oh."  Tim smirks a little.  "All of my friends already know."
"You told them?"
"No."
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