So overly dramatic—Stiles even shoots Sasuke a dude, seriously? look in unimpressed skepticism. While he does notice, in an absent and distracted manner, the pat down that Sasuke performs on himself, he doesn’t yet suspect the other boy to be injured. He’s fine, so he takes it for granted that the prickly, snarky clerk must be too.

“Nope,” he answers, gaze skittering askance. There’s no way he can tell Sasuke the truth: Stiles was on his way to investigate a ghost haunt. Hedging, he eventually continues, “Hey, c’mere for a sec. I need your help.”

He gestures to the bike’s handlebars.