"I can take it. I can take most things, you don't have to worry about me. I'm always okay, pretty piper." Axel didn't really get upset, he got angry, he got distant but never really upset. He could remember the last time he cried and it was a long time ago, around the time he met James' actually. "I can see about paying off my debts, I have a stash of money, I can borrow some from James and work something out. It'd be nice to have our own place." Axel smiled playfully and raised his hand to run it through Hartley's hair. "We could get a houseplant."