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[petsthedog]

Think I've heard of it, in passing.

[please he'd die if he went around town bringing food to random people. he is already strugglebussing with (1) friend.]

I'll check it out sometime. And send you that recipe soon.

[And then, the dreaded awkward silence settles. He ends up just staring at his own plate, pushing around rice just for the sake of something to do with his hands, and to need more time to finish eating.]

[laserhawk]

[ dolph seems bemused. silence doesn't bother him much. he's used to it, with company or without. but he'll throw shinji a bone. ]

If you want to go, that's fine.

[petsthedog]

It's not that.

[Not the silence itself, either; even with Aki, usually it's the other that does most of the talking, between them. It's stupider than that. He does not get up, even as he continues to look uncomfortable.]

I just -- ain't good at this.

[Even before his life blew up, he wasn't someone with a lot of friends.]

[laserhawk]

[ a low snort. ]

Like I am?

You don't have to meet a standard. Why would I care?

[petsthedog]

That's not--

[He makes a faintly frustrated noise at the back of his throat, at failing to communicate his meaning a second time.]

I mean...wasn't exactly expecting you to ask me to stay in the first place.

[laserhawk]

I figured.

That's why I said it.

[ it didn't matter if it was rejected or whether shinji was dying to stay. in the end, does things according to his own intent and this matters. ]

[petsthedog]

[He goes quiet at that for a moment, then nods.]

Alright.

[...he really doesn't have much else to say, but he doesn't try to stall further on eating, at least. It's perhaps a more companionable silence, this time -- if perhaps slightly stilted yet.]

wrap!

[laserhawk]

[ that's all it is, sometimes. a shared meal, quiet or with conversation. with people, it just matters. ]