Kevin laughs softly - it's slightly forced but he appreciates the meaning behind the comment and, like Xie, wants to embrace the forthcoming banter rather than dwelling on his loss.
"I did lots of homework," he objects. "I just focused on the wrong subject, that's all."
It's also, he realises, not the kind of complication he was thinking of. He was expecting a cat, and having a person made it complicated. But what he meant was - this. Xie is complicated. Him and Xie is complicated.
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Date: 2023-10-24 10:27 pm (UTC)"I did lots of homework," he objects. "I just focused on the wrong subject, that's all."
It's also, he realises, not the kind of complication he was thinking of. He was expecting a cat, and having a person made it complicated. But what he meant was - this. Xie is complicated. Him and Xie is complicated.
He's not sure when that happened.