Albus shakes his head, 'no', keeping his lips pressed together.

It was clear by the look on Scorpius' face and by what he'd said that 'friends' wasn't good enough.


"He thought it'd be easier if we ignored each other again. Like - um. Like we did before we both found Milliways." Albus can feel his eyes pricking with tears already.

He really hoped he wouldn't do this.

"I said - that maybe we should. If it'd be easier."