Badou sighed. They really had to do this the hard way.

"Wouldn't really matter if it was." He replied, reaching around a little more with the same arm he'd been resting on Artemis' shoulders to brush his sleeve against the boy's cheek. At least this wasn't like that pedo thing he had going with Alkaid. "You know I'm not going to be butthurt if you just say 'Fuck off, Badou. I'll cry if I damn well please.' Try it."