...Nobody's ever said they love the way he looks. Even Linda Sue acted like they were sweethearts despite how he looked, not because of it.

A tiny shiver goes through his heart. Radar meets her eyes; when Dahlia takes his hand, he doesn't flinch away, even if the shivery feeling gets way worse for a second.

"I always thought if you're serious about someone, you're supposed to be their one and only." He doesn't say it with any kind of judgement. Mostly, he sounds like he's still trying to puzzle through what Dahlia's saying, searching for a way to understand. "...If we're dating I don't gotta date anybody else too, do I?"