Because "I'm flirting with a vigilante to figure out who the hell is hiding under their mask so Vyres can fuck them over" is a great conversation starter.

( even before he had his suspicions that's. pushing it. he and jai were as close as aidan ever really bothers to get with people, he shared his biggest secret with him, but the crap aidan pulls for his keepers wasn't really part of that deal. a lot of it is crap he never really wants to fucking talk about. so. )