[Dino chuckled a bit from his throat, resting his neck back against the seat and smiling distractedly towards the front of the car] So cruel.
[But if it bothered him, Dino didn't let on, stretching out his legs as much as the car's interior would allow and draping one arm across the back of the seat between them. It probably wouldn't be much longer of a drive now. Somarium seemed a whole lot smaller by car, which was a good thing in a rush, but kind of bittersweet too once you gauged its size. Being stuck in a dream world for years could drive you mad. Maybe it would have been worse on Dino without his friends, without his newfound Family, and certainly without Hibari]
I thought I was being pretty cool about it.[Dino said with a flash of a goofy smile, a street lamp cutting through the darkness as they passed] Ahaha...I guess I made a mess of things last time. Well, and technically the time before that. Reborn used to get on me about my sense of timing.
[Dino said with a little wince, mussing the hair against the back of his neck with clumsy fingers] But I think some things are worth rushing into. If you wait too long, you'll miss the right opportunity and find yourself even worse off, you know? [It's pretty much a rhetorical question, especially since Dino is still staring off with a thoughtful frown, not looking over yet or pausing for acknowledgement; not really giving the younger man a chance to tell him to shut up either. He's kind of thinking out loud, to a point]
That's why at first I thought maybe it would be for the best to hold back and give it some time, think about what you want and what it would be like if the tables were turned. Ahahaha... [And Dino can't help smirking a bit at that because all right, it's hard to imagine even in a dream world, returning with no memory of his previous time in Somarium and actually being pursued by Hibari without some very strong influence involved, like some of the strange events that happened here. Even then... that was a stretch]
But even though I held back, I want you to know it's never been half-hearted. [Trying to hold back and occasionally giving in, Dino could see where that might be confusing and give mixed signals, but he really wasn't that kind of guy and he didn't think Hibari would tolerate him for long if he was, which is why he stopped knotting his hair and looked over at the guardian, eyes warm and soft even in shadow] I love you.
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[But if it bothered him, Dino didn't let on, stretching out his legs as much as the car's interior would allow and draping one arm across the back of the seat between them. It probably wouldn't be much longer of a drive now. Somarium seemed a whole lot smaller by car, which was a good thing in a rush, but kind of bittersweet too once you gauged its size. Being stuck in a dream world for years could drive you mad. Maybe it would have been worse on Dino without his friends, without his newfound Family, and certainly without Hibari]
I thought I was being pretty cool about it.[Dino said with a flash of a goofy smile, a street lamp cutting through the darkness as they passed] Ahaha...I guess I made a mess of things last time. Well, and technically the time before that. Reborn used to get on me about my sense of timing.
[Dino said with a little wince, mussing the hair against the back of his neck with clumsy fingers] But I think some things are worth rushing into. If you wait too long, you'll miss the right opportunity and find yourself even worse off, you know? [It's pretty much a rhetorical question, especially since Dino is still staring off with a thoughtful frown, not looking over yet or pausing for acknowledgement; not really giving the younger man a chance to tell him to shut up either. He's kind of thinking out loud, to a point]
That's why at first I thought maybe it would be for the best to hold back and give it some time, think about what you want and what it would be like if the tables were turned. Ahahaha... [And Dino can't help smirking a bit at that because all right, it's hard to imagine even in a dream world, returning with no memory of his previous time in Somarium and actually being pursued by Hibari without some very strong influence involved, like some of the strange events that happened here. Even then... that was a stretch]
But even though I held back, I want you to know it's never been half-hearted. [Trying to hold back and occasionally giving in, Dino could see where that might be confusing and give mixed signals, but he really wasn't that kind of guy and he didn't think Hibari would tolerate him for long if he was, which is why he stopped knotting his hair and looked over at the guardian, eyes warm and soft even in shadow] I love you.