[she'll find her earnestness echoed in him, at least. he doesn't see an ounce of blame in her over what's just happened here and hadn't even considered that she might be worried about something like that.]
Of course I still want to. I've been looking forward to it... [and just because he managed to mess things up by being so verbally clumsy, that hasn't changed one bit. eating his dinner with Chizuru the other night had somehow been the most "at home" that he's felt in a long, long time and he wouldn't trade breakfast with her for the world.]
...So let's go, all right?
[the smile that follows seems a little easier to muster up, at least, and then he's shifting his bags and gesturing ahead. the house is nearby and it doesn't take much longer to get inside, though he'll wait to walk alongside Chizuru rather than hurrying ahead to the kitchen on his own.]
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Of course I still want to. I've been looking forward to it... [and just because he managed to mess things up by being so verbally clumsy, that hasn't changed one bit. eating his dinner with Chizuru the other night had somehow been the most "at home" that he's felt in a long, long time and he wouldn't trade breakfast with her for the world.]
...So let's go, all right?
[the smile that follows seems a little easier to muster up, at least, and then he's shifting his bags and gesturing ahead. the house is nearby and it doesn't take much longer to get inside, though he'll wait to walk alongside Chizuru rather than hurrying ahead to the kitchen on his own.]