I just didn't mean to make things awkward! I mean, I definitely figured that if a guy's saying stuff like that, you're—together, or something! . . . So you never told him you're not into dudes even though he was calling you that?

[He'd known from context already that that had to have been true, but damn, he's still surprised. How long had that Kaz guy been dropping hints William hadn't picked up on yet?]