Ben continues to bleed.

"Ow, fuck, this really hurts."

"You should have made sure Fairy Godmother was here, you idiot--"

He also should maybe have taken five minutes to explain to Tazalkyran what's known about how this magic works—no, don't be mad at him, have to want to fix him, can't let anything get in the way—

He's pretty sure he's got the right feelings going. He holds onto them, holds onto Asher, and reaches for Ben, in case he needs to touch whatever he's trying to fix.

"I am so sorry," Asher says, and kisses Tazalkyran, grabs his hand, and shoves it down his pants.

—oh come on, don't do that, you'll make him laugh and then he'll have to wrestle his feelings around all over again—

Fine, he can do this if Asher thinks it'll help.

He kisses Asher deeply and gropes his crotch and focuses all his heart and will on how much he needs to save Asher's friend.

And Ben heals.

"Don't do that again."

"Seems like it would be pretty hard to want to heal me badly enough if Fairy Godmother is right there able to do it."

"I had to get groped by my boyfriend in front of you, Ben."

"Well, I thought it was funny." He takes his hand out of Asher's pants and hugs him again.

"I'm glad you thought it was funny but Ben is like my brother."

"So we learned that Tazalkyran can heal me, and I learned slightly more about how homosexual sex works. Two birds one stone."

Snicker.

"I like your boyfriend."

"I like you too!"

"Convenient! It would make Asher sad if we didn't like each other."

"Making Asher sad is terrible," he agrees, leaning cozily on Asher.

Asher has been distracted from his anger by kind of wanting Tazalkyran and Ben to make out. 

"I'm glad you think that, because I plan to ruthlessly exploit that fact about you to make everyone in Auradon safe and happy and flourishing."

He giggles. "I wanna hug you, can I hug you?"

"Yes."

Should he point out to Ben that he's bi.

No, it's funnier this way.

He hugs Ben. Very enthusiastically. Ben is lifted off the ground a little.

Ben appreciates this in a way that Tazalkyran might be able to recognize as Ben being attracted to Tazalkyran. 

(Ben is totally unaware of this.)