Maybe

“It just occurred to me,” Simon said and he was clearly trying to sound casual but he failed miserably. “I don’t know.”“You don’t know,” Raphael echoed dryly and there was literally no time ever that Simon started a topic he didn’t have any kind of opinion or deeper thoughts on. He was damn sure that his best friend’s brain was unable to shut up, always running a mile a minute with thoughts about the universe and trying to figure out life itself.“Yeah, I dunno,” Simon confirmed and his voice had gotten a little smaller, careful even. He definitely did know where he wanted to go with this conversation and Raphael swallowed the sigh rising in his throat because he knew it was up to him to get the other boy to talk, otherwise, it would hang over them like a dark cloud for at least the rest of the day. He hated when that happened.