I always listen to you. I even listen for the shit that you don't bother to say out loud.
[ said a little too honestly? but also? yeah? tobari tries to navigate the minefield of rafayel's emotions as much as he can, catering to his whims and what might make him happy... even if they do still argue and bicker at the same time ]
[ he doesn't mean it in a punitive, judgmental, or even moody way either. honestly, if tobari had been anyone else, he may have said they don't know him at all. but, between the two of them, that was too big of a lie to even pretend to humor. ]
Then since you know me so well, what am I thinking about now?
[ why does raf play these games knowing he's going to have a heart attack. ]
because tobari is quiet for a second, as if heโs really thinking about this. trying to read the space between them for rafayelโs thoughts. itโs after a short pause where thereโs only them, the night sky, and the open road that tobari answers: ]
I think you donโt want this to be over either.
[ a soft laugh, and then a cushion - ] Or maybe Iโm already dreaming.
but, that didn't seem right to him. ] No, I think you're right. [ while he doesn't downplay it, he does continue. ] You're pretty good at this. I was going to guess yours back, but it looks like we might be on the same page.
[ ... as he does say this, he does reach over with one hand and just lightly squeezes one of the octopus' tentacles. ]
[ . . . well. that's a good enough answer as is, isn't it? tobari will reach out then, catching rafayel's fingers with his own to tangle them together. loose enough so that he can reclaim it whenever he needs his second hand to drive but for now it's his. ]
I think I have a few other things on my mind so you can still guess if you'd like... but I'd say we're on the same wavelength, yeah.
[ this isn't this first time they're holding hands, but he's argue each time... carried on a different vibe, and this one feels a bit more intimate somehow. maybe it's the fact that it feels like it's just the two of them in this car, and on this quiet mountain path. ]
A few other things...? [ he pauses to think, before... ]
The mountains. I saw you were focused in on them. Were you thinking of seeing it in the day next time?
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[ said a little too honestly? but also? yeah? tobari tries to navigate the minefield of rafayel's emotions as much as he can, catering to his whims and what might make him happy... even if they do still argue and bicker at the same time ]
But I can let you keep pretending.
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[ he doesn't mean it in a punitive, judgmental, or even moody way either. honestly, if tobari had been anyone else, he may have said they don't know him at all. but, between the two of them, that was too big of a lie to even pretend to humor. ]
Then since you know me so well, what am I thinking about now?
[ why does raf play these games knowing he's going to have a heart attack. ]
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because tobari is quiet for a second, as if heโs really thinking about this. trying to read the space between them for rafayelโs thoughts. itโs after a short pause where thereโs only them, the night sky, and the open road that tobari answers: ]
I think you donโt want this to be over either.
[ a soft laugh, and then a cushion - ] Or maybe Iโm already dreaming.
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but, that didn't seem right to him. ] No, I think you're right. [ while he doesn't downplay it, he does continue. ] You're pretty good at this. I was going to guess yours back, but it looks like we might be on the same page.
[ ... as he does say this, he does reach over with one hand and just lightly squeezes one of the octopus' tentacles. ]
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I think I have a few other things on my mind so you can still guess if you'd like... but I'd say we're on the same wavelength, yeah.
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A few other things...? [ he pauses to think, before... ]
The mountains. I saw you were focused in on them. Were you thinking of seeing it in the day next time?
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Good guess, but not quite.
[ even if he does let his face tilt upward to the sky, admiring the darkness of it ]
But that's not a bad idea either. Or maybe another night I'll stay out late enough to catch the sunrise.
[ it's what he used to do back in itehari, working until the sun was already rising in the sky... ]