When the phone buzzed for the fourth time that evening with the announcement of a new message, disrupting the pleasant evening Price had spent cuddled up with you in front of the television, he couldn't help but snort in annoyance. Normally you would have read the message and if you decided it wasn't important in some way, you would have replied after your lovely moment of affection and fondness, except now you just picked up the phone and replied. If only, you even waited for a reaction from your colleague on the other side! What a shameless thing to do.

He was happy for you when you made friends at your new job. A pleasant environment, good pay and a job that brought you joy and not just misery. And now how upsetting that was. Especially that new colleague of yours that you were all worked up about. As if he could match Price... right?

When you chuckled softly, his eyebrows drew together, his lips in a thin line. He couldn't resist a bitter remark.

"What's so funny? I want to laugh, too."