Come morning, neither man wants to leave their room in fear of seeing the other. Banky, finally decides, 'Fuck it!' and ventures out of his room first.
He gets himself together, stuffs a pop tart in his face, and then sits at the drawing table. His first instinct is to get in his car and run away, but he chooses to have faith in Holden. He promised Banky they could ignore last night and just move on. He will give Holden the chance to fulfill his promise. Eventually, Holden slowly walks into the room and Banky takes note of how disheveled and cute he looks.
'NO! Not cute! Damnit Banky, fucking stop it!'
"Hey."
"Hey."
Yeah, this is gonna be easier said than done. Banky then has an epiphany. He'll just keep it to business, besides they do have a lot to discuss.
"Holden, the network people left a message. Again. Do you want to do the cartoon or not? It's fine if you don't. Really. I don't even care anymore, but we should tell them some-"
"Let's do it."
Banky was taken aback by this.
"Really?"
"Yeah, it'll be…interesting. We've gotta cut Jay & Bob in of course."
"Yeah, ok. Ummm. I'll just call them back then."
While Banky's on the phone, Holden takes a moment to just look at him. He thought Banky would be more excited, and is kind of disappointed he isn't. Regardless, he's just glad Banky still wants to do the show, because it means he still wants to be with him. Even if it's just a working relationship, it's a start to getting back to the way things were. But, did Holden really want that?
Just last night, Holden was so ready for more, to move their friendship forward. He truly saw it as a way of being closer with Banky, not using him. He wanted the two to share a moment. But, just a moment. After all, Holden was already in a relationship. Plus, he figured it would take Banky forever anyway to accept the same-sex attraction he was feeling. But now things were different. Alyssa is gone for good and if Banky could deal with it…then maybe? Or maybe Holden just imagined it all. Maybe, he took Hooper's words too seriously, when they should've just been silly comments.
It doesn't even matter. He promised Banky to just ignore it all, and he's going to keep his promise. If Banky wants to talk about it, he will. In the meantime, Holden will try to forget about how good it felt to have his mouth on Banky's and instead just keep it shut.