[The eye contact is brief, furtive, stealing away as soon as contact is established — face tinted by another telling flush of color.]
That's not what I said.
[Yet it seems the longer this moment endures, the worse he tangles up the meaning of words. Communication remains a novelty unwrapped, his own directness serving to thwart intention due to the great depth of his inexperience; he doesn't want to trip over every step he treads, but it feels inevitable.]
I don't do it casually with just anyone. I'd rather we know each other first, before that. But — you aren't unattractive. [This is the best he can do.] I wouldn't be against it. In the future.
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That's not what I said.
[Yet it seems the longer this moment endures, the worse he tangles up the meaning of words. Communication remains a novelty unwrapped, his own directness serving to thwart intention due to the great depth of his inexperience; he doesn't want to trip over every step he treads, but it feels inevitable.]
I don't do it casually with just anyone. I'd rather we know each other first, before that. But — you aren't unattractive. [This is the best he can do.] I wouldn't be against it. In the future.