That's not how it works, but fine, try it. See what happens.

[ The look he gives her is not so much mad or annoyed but insufferably smug at that point, but no matter how much Reggie feels like he's in the right on this, it's still a pointless checkmate if he can't prove that. Everyone goes through this when they first get here; he did and everyone he knows did, too, although Reggie wasn't necessarily furious about it even then. He had Archie with him, and it was summer here at the time.

Most of all, it was a nice break from everything going on at home. Like a vacation. Even now, while of course there are far more things about Riverdale that he misses after so long, there are almost just as many things he doesn't miss.

He puts his hands on his sides, eyebrow raised as if he's debating just how combative he wants to be, but the just shrugs again, casual. ]

And I have a girlfriend. [ Sort of. Not... officially? Or technically? But whatever, "fwb with feelings but no label" doesn't flow as well. ] So I guess that settles that. For the record, though, I didn't ask.

[ He usually doesn't. Plausible deniability and all that; the less you know about someone else's dating situation, the better. Sometimes. ]