[ No other answer crosses his mind. Of course he's happy right now--Mister LaRusso is speaking, he's close enough to alright than Robby worried he wasn't, and they're together. But he doesn't take the question for doubt or surprise; he doesn't think about it too deeply at all, other than he feels, and what he feels is-- ]
I care about you a lot. You're important to me. [ His brushes his hand again against the one of Mister LaRusso's that on the bed, fingers touching to skin. A loose hold if anything, around the side of it. ]
...You wanted to be family.
[ He speaks it meaningfully, not a question, but a statement. What could be a We said we'd be family, if shy, or still working around the idea, but touching around its edges.
If he were a better person, maybe he could commit better; if he wasn't someone who saw a ring and felt guilty.
But Robby knows what's better for the both of them than the part of him that reacts that way, sometimes. ]
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[ No other answer crosses his mind. Of course he's happy right now--Mister LaRusso is speaking, he's close enough to alright than Robby worried he wasn't, and they're together. But he doesn't take the question for doubt or surprise; he doesn't think about it too deeply at all, other than he feels, and what he feels is-- ]
I care about you a lot. You're important to me. [ His brushes his hand again against the one of Mister LaRusso's that on the bed, fingers touching to skin. A loose hold if anything, around the side of it. ]
...You wanted to be family.
[ He speaks it meaningfully, not a question, but a statement. What could be a We said we'd be family, if shy, or still working around the idea, but touching around its edges.
If he were a better person, maybe he could commit better; if he wasn't someone who saw a ring and felt guilty.
But Robby knows what's better for the both of them than the part of him that reacts that way, sometimes. ]