[ The way Josh reacts to that little bit of information gives Eddie hope that maybe he hasn't been reading this whole situation wrong. Because it is strange, right? That Steve asked him out for drinks and suddenly changed his mind.

But Eddie's traitorous mind thinks that maybe he never meant for it to be construed as a date, and when he realized how it looked, he panicked and didn't show up. Because otherwise, not just reach out and talk about this? ]

Yeah. I don't know, like. It's fine, if he doesn't want to do this [ he gestures with his hand, referring to the whole dating thing ] I just wish he'd tell me so I don't get my hopes up.