Silence reigned again. Jake found himself extremely grateful for their positioning. He didn't have to see the look of disappointment that no doubt colored Finn's face. And, maybe even more importantly, Finn didn't have to see his.

"Can't it be both?" He asks, earnestly, and still with a feeble stab at good humor. That rumbling jokey tone didn't last, dying in the space of Jake's sigh. "This didn't go how I wanted it to go, alright? Sometimes, that's just how it is."

There was a pause after that, loaded with unspoken words on the tip of Jake's tongue.

"Maybe I should've let you stay, I dunno, man. It didn't occur to me that you'd want to."