[Seeming to realize what the other boy was referring to, Kit flashed a brief smile and shook his head.]
You're no trouble, I just thought that you might prefer to see to your own clothes after all.
[...he was no trouble? Had he really just said that?
Vincent was nothing but trouble every time he came around, instigating fights or eating all his food or bleeding on his couch. What about that wasn't problematic?
He was starting to wonder if the one who'd hit his head wasn't his guest but him.]
In any case, I took the liberty of laying out your other effects to air dry properly. I hope that was alright.
[Was he aware of Vincent's gaze now and then lingering on him? It seemed like it. And why shouldn't he have been? Over the last couple of weeks he'd become very familiar with the feeling of being watched, only it seemed so much more disconcerting all of a sudden, like the more those eyes followed him the less likely he'd be to recover his composure.
But by drawing his guests attention elsewhere, perhaps he'd have enough time to venture into the kitchen and preoccupy himself with pulling something from the fridge and popping it into the microwave.]
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[Seeming to realize what the other boy was referring to, Kit flashed a brief smile and shook his head.]
You're no trouble, I just thought that you might prefer to see to your own clothes after all.
[...he was no trouble? Had he really just said that?
Vincent was nothing but trouble every time he came around, instigating fights or eating all his food or bleeding on his couch. What about that wasn't problematic?
He was starting to wonder if the one who'd hit his head wasn't his guest but him.]
In any case, I took the liberty of laying out your other effects to air dry properly. I hope that was alright.
[Was he aware of Vincent's gaze now and then lingering on him? It seemed like it. And why shouldn't he have been? Over the last couple of weeks he'd become very familiar with the feeling of being watched, only it seemed so much more disconcerting all of a sudden, like the more those eyes followed him the less likely he'd be to recover his composure.
But by drawing his guests attention elsewhere, perhaps he'd have enough time to venture into the kitchen and preoccupy himself with pulling something from the fridge and popping it into the microwave.]