Chapter 81

“Can I go now?” Kensuke hopped down from the counter and waved to Etsuko. She waved back.

“What’d you come down for?” Billy asked.

“Food.” He tossed Jesse a banana and picked up two more.

“Honestly…You’re both okay?” Tom Alan asked, lowering the cartoon’s sound.

“Ye-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-s,” Kensuke stated with grand frustration.

“Jesse?”

“Totally,” he said. “I love Kensuke, but we’re not exclusive or nothing. We’re all in agreement.”

“I hope so,” Tom Alan said once both were out of sight. “And I hope they do find their way back together exclusively.”

“Me, too, Skater Boy. They are kind of adorable.”

“What’s wrong with Peanut?” Billy asked. “What’s wrong with him being adorable with Jesse or Kensuke?”

“A redhead and a pretty Asian?” Milo shook his head. “I don’t see any future in that.”

“So, your brother is B-boy?” Tom Alan asked. “I was kind of kidding. That’s one hell of a coincidence.”