He saw that, Raikov. :3 He finds it cute- in the way an older brother finds a younger sibling cute.
Truth be told, if he hadn't come here, had he not first found a confidant in Mac, he probably would have been too suspicious of everyone to trust, to grow. He had always been a bit closed off, even as a child and teen, letting few people into his little world. Sure, he was still cautious here...but he felt himself opening up a little more. With Raikov and Mac, anyway. It'd be awhile before he learned to trust easily, if he ever did. Too many old wounds to trust easily, for now.
"Well..." Sob why was being open so difficult, "I don't know why, but...I felt some sort of connection to you, when we first spoke...and ever since then, I've become increasingly...comfortable, around you. Besides Mac, it's been years since I experienced that...I think the last person I connected with like this besides him...Was her. How interesting."
To the idea of him being 'a wonderful friend', he laughed quietly, though this time there was a sardonic edge to it. An ex-crime lord, a wonderful friend? The concepts didn't quite fit in the puzzle of his mind. "How so? Besides the 'spoiling'?" He still found that a humourous concept. Besides that, he was genuinely curious.
Re: 4AM; outside the teacher's complex
Truth be told, if he hadn't come here, had he not first found a confidant in Mac, he probably would have been too suspicious of everyone to trust, to grow. He had always been a bit closed off, even as a child and teen, letting few people into his little world. Sure, he was still cautious here...but he felt himself opening up a little more. With Raikov and Mac, anyway. It'd be awhile before he learned to trust easily, if he ever did. Too many old wounds to trust easily, for now.
"Well..." Sob why was being open so difficult, "I don't know why, but...I felt some sort of connection to you, when we first spoke...and ever since then, I've become increasingly...comfortable, around you. Besides Mac, it's been years since I experienced that...I think the last person I connected with like this besides him...Was her. How interesting."
To the idea of him being 'a wonderful friend', he laughed quietly, though this time there was a sardonic edge to it. An ex-crime lord, a wonderful friend? The concepts didn't quite fit in the puzzle of his mind. "How so? Besides the 'spoiling'?" He still found that a humourous concept. Besides that, he was genuinely curious.