[Blue hesitates a little bit- jeez, he had meant to scold him, sure, but he didn't really want the guy thinking he was that mad. Disappointed? Sure... along with some other feelings he didn't quite want to examine too closely in the present company of the gathering, but it was hardly severe enough that he had to go killing the mood.]

I haven't heard of an uncomplicated relationship yet, [He half-laughs, and stirs at his own glass with the tip of his pinky.] So really, if you can just keep on going after an absence like that, things must not be so bad, right?

[Well. That was what he thought, anyway....]