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⠀“ I know a lot about music, man.
I've dedicated my life to this!
composition, theory, the history...
I know a lot about Beethoven. ”
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Brandon blinks, staring back like the question caught him off-guard—even though he's the one who brought up that 'mutual friend' in the first place.
"Yeah, uh... Evan?" he says tentatively, stretching his arm before rubbing at the back of his neck.
-- she'll totally think you're sweet for caring about your friend! Your place, this afternoon? Do you think we'll find anything we can add to Mr. Peepee's Kingdom in your grandparents' stuff?
I mean— Let me know what she says first, of course.
Ugh, dude, don't refer to yourself as a hunk!
[Despite grimacing at that, Brandon perks up as Nato accepts to drop the date with Megan. Or at least, the idea of it. Whatever he'd planned on doing instead of hanging out with him.]
Sweet! I'm sure she'll understand. And --
-- later.]
... I mean, you don't / have / to, but if you're free later today, so am I. Maybe, um— Megan would be fine with doing the date another day, right?
[So, this was / definitely / a lie. Brandon is burning to point it out, but that would only result in making Nato more defensive and possibly ruin their chance of hanging out this afternoon...
They both want the same thing in the end. Why Nato got so upset can be unpacked --
[Whether Nato is bullshitting or not—and for whatever reason. Does he feel left out?—it would totally suck not to get to see him while he's home. He sees plenty of Zoe in college. But Nato...
A tiny sigh.]
It's not exactly a date. We're just gonna study together. And then, I --
But I thought you said— ?
[He tilts his head, shooting Nato a suspicious look.]
I'm not bringing her with me to your house, if that's what you're worried about!