He doesn't. Big surprise there. "It's different for almost everyone on the planet, Chlo." Clark very carefully studies the table, knowing better than to even glance up in her direction while he's talking.

"I can't treat romance like a fling. At least not when I'm myself," and she should know what that means, even if he does tend to go after females he's already attracted to as Kal, "and I'm not saying that flings are bad. At all. Two of my closest friends have had them."

He scoots a spoon around the edge of his plate. "Nevermind. Anyway, how have you been lately?"