[ jude turns an interesting shade of red, slightly flustered and more than a little embarrassed. wow, alvin. ]

I was just kidding! Why do you have to make everything sound so... unsavory?

[ of course alvin wouldn't believe him, though. how many times has jude called him out on his lies? and alvin is a far better liar than jude is. ]

But it's... It's sort of complicated. Seriously, there's nothing for you to worry about.

Dear.

[ maybe he can pretend everything's fine if he keeps up with the banter! yeah. ]