[Varian's eyes drift over to here Kurt's hand rests, he doesn't move to meet it, but he does at least acknowledge it's there.]

Usagi said that, too. She uh- figured it out for herself.

[Which means it's likely other people will too. That Fern and Ruby will. As much as he feels it would be better to ignore all of this and go on feeling like trash- he knows it's not good for any of them. They need to be able to talk. ]

I understand. I guess I've just been afraid of hurting them... which I know, I know keeping it quiet is just gonna hurt them worse in the long run. It's just... I don't know. Being brave enough to take that first step forward. It's scary.