[Whoops, sorry Kaiba. You hit a sore spot: Kaiba managed to endear himself enough to two people enough that they took both him and his brother in together. Dante's never been able to endear himself enough to his own father to get him to give him the time of day.]
So is that square of yours blacked out yet, or what?
[ ... ah. he knows when he's approaching difficult territory when he sees it.
mostly because he does the same thing to try and deflect heavy threads of conversation, so he can tell that this is veering towards that direction. he won't ask, in that case.
there's a slight pause when he glances at the screen of his phone - sure enough, the square is now blackened out. good enough, he supposes. ]
Yeah. it is.
[ another short, awkward pause. ]
Thank you.
[ at least it sounds a little bit more sincere, before he cuts the call. ]
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[Whoops, sorry Kaiba. You hit a sore spot: Kaiba managed to endear himself enough to two people enough that they took both him and his brother in together. Dante's never been able to endear himself enough to his own father to get him to give him the time of day.]
So is that square of yours blacked out yet, or what?
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mostly because he does the same thing to try and deflect heavy threads of conversation, so he can tell that this is veering towards that direction. he won't ask, in that case.
there's a slight pause when he glances at the screen of his phone - sure enough, the square is now blackened out. good enough, he supposes. ]
Yeah. it is.
[ another short, awkward pause. ]
Thank you.
[ at least it sounds a little bit more sincere, before he cuts the call. ]
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[Oh. He hung up.
Whatever. Dante tosses his phone and headphones back to his nightstand, flopping back down and dragging the covers up.
This is all stupid anyways.]