[Rean lets out another heavy sigh at that, but it does seem like he's accepted Elliot's logic.]

Yeah, that's true. It's not like Instructor Sara ever really put in any legwork into smoothing things out for us, that was basically all on us.

[Rean has successfully been talked out of helicopter parenting— err, teaching! Victory! And with that little kiss, he finds himself smiling again.]

Mmhm. That's what I was planning. ...And I had really been hoping you'd be here when I got in, because I was really hoping to just take it easy with you.

[Why lie to his boyfriend when he knows it's something Elliot will likely enjoy hearing?]