[Kuro himself was a wallflower at parties, so Heine was a welcome oasis in that regard. Heine was one of the few people he could comfortably call friend here, and that meant his company was far more preferable to strangers trying to make smalltalk or ask deep, uncomfortable questions about the past, future or their hopes and dreams as people tended to do around this time of year, even without the whole reset looming over their heads.
Suffice to say, he'd rather not think too hard about that topic, for his own stress levels.
Not that Giovanni approaching them is helping that. Kuro startles, shoulders twitching and ears folding back. Truthfully, he'd intended to tell Heine he'd run into Giovanni eventually, it's just explaining it.... and everything that happened--
Well, he certainly didn't feel up to the task.]
Not.... purposely. We've bumped into each other.
['bumped into each other' is certainly the understatement of the century, here. Kuro seems to shrink in on himself further, reaching up to fiddle with his non-existent hoodie and instead letting his fingers fall to his already messy tie.]
We uh... had a run in, back in October.
[He can't help but glance from Heine to Gio, taking in the very clear resemblance now that they're side by side. The same eyes, even the same facial shape... it felt strange, seeing them together.]
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Suffice to say, he'd rather not think too hard about that topic, for his own stress levels.
Not that Giovanni approaching them is helping that. Kuro startles, shoulders twitching and ears folding back. Truthfully, he'd intended to tell Heine he'd run into Giovanni eventually, it's just explaining it.... and everything that happened--
Well, he certainly didn't feel up to the task.]
Not.... purposely. We've bumped into each other.
['bumped into each other' is certainly the understatement of the century, here. Kuro seems to shrink in on himself further, reaching up to fiddle with his non-existent hoodie and instead letting his fingers fall to his already messy tie.]
We uh... had a run in, back in October.
[He can't help but glance from Heine to Gio, taking in the very clear resemblance now that they're side by side. The same eyes, even the same facial shape... it felt strange, seeing them together.]