working on it (is easier here, with you)

“Um… Hey?” Goh prompts awkwardly, slightly put off by the intensity in his eyes. “You okay there, Ash?”Ash doesn't break eye contact. “Can I ask you something? You don’t have to answer, if you don't want to.”Goh turns his eyes back to the ceiling, breaking their eye contact with almost relief on his end, as he was finding himself unprepared to face the conversation and Ash’s eyes at the same moment. “Sure.”Ash licks his lips, clearly trying to figure out his wording. “Goh… Are you a boy?” Or: Goh doesn't quite know how to label himself yet, but that's alright. There will always be time.