"It's a plan, then." She will be the best teacher. Definitely. They won't get distracted or anything.

See, what Night Sky says is all well and good, but Meryl puffs up all the same. She has a perfectly valid reason for it, she thinks.

"He didn't tell me he had a boyfriend." Her cheeks puff out in aggravation. She was going to have to scold him for that one. Rude. "But um. Yeah. Maybe I will. Because..."

She inhales, fidgeting just a little.

"I think I'm okay with seeing multiple people. As long as that's still oaky with you."