"It's fine, it's all right," Thomas said and shook his head. Thomas didn't want to spend the day irritated so he tried to push it down and away so he could deal with it later. Bitty's intentions were good, Thomas knew, and he only wanted Thomas to be happy but it was hard to just completely let it go.

"I'm sure one day I will get to a place where I do want to start exploring something like that," he went on, rubbing his chin. "I just don't know if I'm there yet. You're not the first person to ask me about it and I just -- I don't know. I just want to do it at my pace."