[He wheedles half to himself, but absolutely loudly enough for her to hear without difficulty. What else is he supposed to do?! He can't just have this conversation without complaint! Perish the thought. Whatever he says or agrees to here, let everyone know it was begrudging and whiny! It's just so easy to fall back on. She may not be treating him the way his colleagues back home ever did, but he can still kinda act like she is anyway, and it makes things feel simpler. It makes Kadoc able to meet her eyes, despite her overwhelming sincerity.
He takes a breath too, in echo of hers, if less dramatically.]
Are you actually asking me if we're friends now? Of course we're not. If you're really masochistic enough that you wanna try . . . I'm not the boss of you. Try, if you've decided you want that. We'll see how long that lasts.
[Buried under all of that bluster, that is permission.
Fujimaru isn't good at giving up on things, he knows, but surely this will be the exception, right?]
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[He wheedles half to himself, but absolutely loudly enough for her to hear without difficulty. What else is he supposed to do?! He can't just have this conversation without complaint! Perish the thought. Whatever he says or agrees to here, let everyone know it was begrudging and whiny! It's just so easy to fall back on. She may not be treating him the way his colleagues back home ever did, but he can still kinda act like she is anyway, and it makes things feel simpler. It makes Kadoc able to meet her eyes, despite her overwhelming sincerity.
He takes a breath too, in echo of hers, if less dramatically.]
Are you actually asking me if we're friends now? Of course we're not. If you're really masochistic enough that you wanna try . . . I'm not the boss of you. Try, if you've decided you want that. We'll see how long that lasts.
[Buried under all of that bluster, that is permission.
Fujimaru isn't good at giving up on things, he knows, but surely this will be the exception, right?]