Again

I was uncomfortable delving into other people's family matters, and I had so many questions in my head that I didn't know where to begin.

"Sorry for having you experience this kind of stuff again," Kevin muttered seriously as we sat in the Japanese restaurant and locked the door to our room.

"No, I'm sorry as well."

I'm not sure what Alvin and Kevin did to enrage an elderly man, but based on what they were saying, it had something to do with it.

"Do you...have anything you'd like to ask?" He inquired.

I shook my head and nodded. I had so many questions I wanted to ask, but by the time they were on the tip of my tongue, none of them seemed particularly significant.

"Will you be in trouble for what occurred today?" I finally inquired.

Kevin did not say yes or no, but rather, "I can handle it."

That would be a yes. I was downcast.

I'm always causing him problems.

But I couldn't keep my emotions from him.

"Don't hold it against yourself," he said. "Even without you, it would happen sooner