He smiled appreciatively, touching pencil to paper as soon as it was in his hands. Though he had no idea what project could come of it, he simply drew lines while he thought about it, figuring something would come together before he was through.

Quiet and private? They'd done that, but they hadn't... worked anything out. Not that Leo was aware of. The avoidance thing was over and done with, thankfully, and they were still friends. But like he'd told himself many times after the events of Aphrodisia, you don't kiss your friends. That was something for girlfriends and boyfriends (and one night stands, he thought drily, knowing how some of the Aphrodite kids can be, among others). And yet, he and Nat did, and they both enjoyed it well enough to keep doing it. But she wasn't...

Was she? Leo frowned at the drawing that was starting to take a shape, indistinct though it was at the moment. As usual, he was clueless.