Maybe it is. Maybe Shiro is just trying to let him down easy, and Grant’s going to regret pushing it. He often does, on the occasions he brings himself to push anything.
Grant gives a soft laugh at Claude's interjection, fondness mixing in with his anxiety about… this.]
Ah… thanks, Claude. And I wouldn’t still be standing here if I thought it might bother Dimitri.
[What is he doing? Yes, it’s true, he’d pretty sure Dimitri would be alright with this, but how must it sound to Shiro, for Grant to be insisting that his absent boyfriend wouldn’t take issue with them kissing?]
But, uh, if that’s-- if you’d rather not, I… I understand.
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…Might not be an outright rejection.
Maybe it is. Maybe Shiro is just trying to let him down easy, and Grant’s going to regret pushing it. He often does, on the occasions he brings himself to push anything.
Grant gives a soft laugh at Claude's interjection, fondness mixing in with his anxiety about… this.]
Ah… thanks, Claude. And I wouldn’t still be standing here if I thought it might bother Dimitri.
[What is he doing? Yes, it’s true, he’d pretty sure Dimitri would be alright with this, but how must it sound to Shiro, for Grant to be insisting that his absent boyfriend wouldn’t take issue with them kissing?]
But, uh, if that’s-- if you’d rather not, I… I understand.