[ There's a moment where this one has a really, really lost look on his face when you reply, as if he's not entirely sure what to make of what you just said -- nor does he actually have the energy to.
He is tired. He shouldn't be, he knows this, and maybe at the start of the party, right after he'd spoken to Kalika, there'd been a moment where he thought he could make it through the evening okay; but he's glimpsed Hikaru about half a dozen times, and they're not talking, he doesn't even know if approaching the Blade King is even a good idea right now -- and having you turn logic on him actually really stings.
( He doesn't want to think about the text you'd sent earlier. A part of him understands that it was well-meant, but he's got his threshold for being called stupid and dumb and being told it repeatedly by people he considers his family is just kind of the icing on a cake he didn't want in the first place. )
He won't flinch when you pat him on the shoulder, but he's not going to talk either when your invite doesn't exactly come off like an invite. ]
I'm just not feeling like myself tonight, man.
[ He really isn't. He feels exhausted. It's been a long, long day and it's far from over.
That old tic has come back, too: the brief touch at one eyebrow, before he runs his fingers through his hair. ]
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He is tired. He shouldn't be, he knows this, and maybe at the start of the party, right after he'd spoken to Kalika, there'd been a moment where he thought he could make it through the evening okay; but he's glimpsed Hikaru about half a dozen times, and they're not talking, he doesn't even know if approaching the Blade King is even a good idea right now -- and having you turn logic on him actually really stings.
( He doesn't want to think about the text you'd sent earlier. A part of him understands that it was well-meant, but he's got his threshold for being called stupid and dumb and being told it repeatedly by people he considers his family is just kind of the icing on a cake he didn't want in the first place. )
He won't flinch when you pat him on the shoulder, but he's not going to talk either when your invite doesn't exactly come off like an invite. ]
I'm just not feeling like myself tonight, man.
[ He really isn't. He feels exhausted. It's been a long, long day and it's far from over.
That old tic has come back, too: the brief touch at one eyebrow, before he runs his fingers through his hair. ]