[ The facetime is important, and he can play nice when it's a stranger, at least. But he also knows it's because he dislikes mindless chatter, and while the conversations at a party strike him as especially vapid, at least there's some common topic unlike regular smalltalk.
aka, he's a friendless loser
But he does look back to Kaoru, then nods politely. ]
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[ The facetime is important, and he can play nice when it's a stranger, at least. But he also knows it's because he dislikes mindless chatter, and while the conversations at a party strike him as especially vapid, at least there's some common topic unlike regular smalltalk.
aka, he's a friendless loser
But he does look back to Kaoru, then nods politely. ]
You look nice, by the way.