Friendship

＂Levon.＂ Todd answered, voice hard.

＂Todd.＂ Levon responded just as coolly. There was a pause. ＂Are you busy?＂

＂I just got back from class,＂ Todd said. ＂Waiting for Betto to get out of his lab so we can go for supper.＂

＂Nice.＂ Levon wanted to punch himself. Todd just hummed in affirmation.

Another pause as Levon tried to find a way to dispel the tension in the call.