Ed blinked in confusion. Obviously Hughes had taken what he said the wrong way. @Of course it's alright to like other guys," he said indignantly. "But he's still not my boyfriend. Boyfriends are what girls have." He wanted to be very clear on that point. Kissing did not mean anything other than... well... kissing.

"Then she'll have to date someone very brave," he replied with a wide grin, finishing off the last of his food. He glanced over at where the food was, wondering if he should go and get more.

Cigarettes? "That's a bit more difficult," he said musingly. "I don't know what I could use to make them." He doubted that there was a stash of tobacco plants anywhere in the Hospital.