He'd stayed quiet for a moment, letting the both of them sit in silence. Ryoji seemed content with it, and he was fine with that. It gave things less of a chance to be awkward, after all. ... not that anything would be awkward on his end.
So, Ryoji had been avoiding him because he'd had things on his mind? Somehow, it didn't add up. Not with the reasons Ryoji was giving, anyway. He hadn't been the direct cause of any of those, so why would Ryoji avoid him? Obviously it was something else.
... and unfortunately, the moment he went to scan through Ryoji's thoughts, Ryoji decided to open his mouth.
Joshua's rather indifferent look slid into something considerably less sure. The silence on his end of things extended out a bit more, and after a few seconds, he finally turned to look away from Ryoji, tapping the heel of his shoe against a bar of the railing.]
... you sound very sure of that, Ryoji-kun.
[Not upset, not irritated, just... calm. An observation.]
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He'd stayed quiet for a moment, letting the both of them sit in silence. Ryoji seemed content with it, and he was fine with that. It gave things less of a chance to be awkward, after all. ... not that anything would be awkward on his end.
So, Ryoji had been avoiding him because he'd had things on his mind? Somehow, it didn't add up. Not with the reasons Ryoji was giving, anyway. He hadn't been the direct cause of any of those, so why would Ryoji avoid him? Obviously it was something else.
... and unfortunately, the moment he went to scan through Ryoji's thoughts, Ryoji decided to open his mouth.
Joshua's rather indifferent look slid into something considerably less sure. The silence on his end of things extended out a bit more, and after a few seconds, he finally turned to look away from Ryoji, tapping the heel of his shoe against a bar of the railing.]
... you sound very sure of that, Ryoji-kun.
[Not upset, not irritated, just... calm. An observation.]