[ he blinks, surprised thorns even remembers.

but then he just snorts, like the recollection itself amuses him. ]

Oh. That one's because I knew too much about his circumstances.

[ OKAY.

it might've been helpful not to have been so vague the first time he dropped it, but he knows thorns doesn't care about gossip? still, now that it's mentioned: ]

He's been in and out of a relationship with his roommate for years.