Chapter 824: Dropping Surprises

"Big man. Oh, my big man. Gotta really stop meeting like this - for real. Them lovely lovers of yours might wind up getting the wrong idea 'bout us, you know what I'm saying?" 

So this is how it was gonna be then, was it? 

Woke up bright and early to a day of infinite possibilities, decided to go visit a friend, try and be nice; and before I can even take two steps into the ward, all my consideration gets twisted into a baseless accusation of wanting to swing the other way? 

Who the hell greets their visitors that way, Tyler? Who besides you, tell me - who's the degenerate? 

"Mmm, 'know what - you might just be onto something there," I said, swiveling my legs back out toward the door. "Alright, good talk. I'll just go see myself out and - "

"Kidding, Big Man, kidding! Get your ass back over here," Tyler yelled, coaxing me back with a beckoning wave. "'Sides, everyone knows we both love each other like bros already anyway. Ain't that right?"