Under different circumstances, Cisco might even be up to just giving his parents a shock with the truth, but...all things considered, he's glad Hartley doesn't mind hiding it. Even if it does make the comfort touches a little harder to navigate.

"Sneaky." He smiles a little, but it fades a moment later. He casts a glance over at his parents and drops his gaze to the cup of cocoa nestled between his hands. "Feel like I should say something...but I don't know how to talk to them." Maybe it's less his own feeling and one of those things that he knows he's supposed to do.