( Honestly? Honestly? Thank god they're focusing on something else. It's a serious relief to have the spotlight directed away from himself, and to have an opportunity to be a supportive friend about something for once, for the first time in weeks. For the the first time since they've gotten back.

He remembers some of the details about Kyle and Viktor. He remembers, vaguely, their falling in together, and then their falling out from one another. Their love, and their issues — the latter of which may matter less now, now that they're all in their right minds, now that they're themselves again.

Maybe they have a real shot. Maybe they could be happy together.

Jack offers his friend an encouraging smile, and nudges Kyle's shoulder with his own. Yes, he really wants to do this, thank you. He's not good at, like, gossip and smalltalk and stuff, but it's still helpful. )

Why are you nervous? He's not gonna be, like, Plankton's wife or anything anymore. He seems nice. From what little I've talked to him, anyway.