[ that genuine grin had been so nice, actually, and it's one of those smiles that leo can earnestly, earnestly say he'd love to see again--
--but it's gone, and leo's not sure why. did he say something wrong? he's clumsy, his social skills sometimes an absolute mess coupled with the fact that he just puts his foot in his mouth sometimes, but. he'd gotten better at not doing that? kind of?
this place is throwing him off-balance in so many ways that that added level of uncertainty is just another cause for the anxious bundle in his stomach to rise up a little.
leo picks up the pace again, the questioning in the edges of his tone just the slightest bit desperate. or, mm, absolutely baffled? ]
Hm? Are you still really mad about that, Dee-dee? I said sorry! I didn't mean to!
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--but it's gone, and leo's not sure why. did he say something wrong? he's clumsy, his social skills sometimes an absolute mess coupled with the fact that he just puts his foot in his mouth sometimes, but. he'd gotten better at not doing that? kind of?
this place is throwing him off-balance in so many ways that that added level of uncertainty is just another cause for the anxious bundle in his stomach to rise up a little.
leo picks up the pace again, the questioning in the edges of his tone just the slightest bit desperate. or, mm, absolutely baffled? ]
Hm? Are you still really mad about that, Dee-dee? I said sorry! I didn't mean to!
[ how else can he make it up to him...? ]