[And just like that, Jason Todd came and went. Just like that, Jason slipped through his hands again because he's incapable of owning up to his mistakes and let his temper and the bitterness get the best of him.
He doesn't even seem to think anything of the "boyfriend" comment. He doesn't even think anything of the way he disappeared. What sticks with him are two things.
One.) Of course. Of course he's been at Ariadne's this whole time. How could he have gone though? He couldn't have, not with Nico. But…maybe he should have gone in February? But what if he went and Jason wouldn't let him go again? He had to make the right decision. Surely that had been right.
and two.) Jason just called him a waste of time.
…oh.
Was it? Jason did waste a lot of his time trying to take precautions to keep Hiro safe and Hiro kept breaking promises and going around and finding loopholes. Had he really not learned anything in almost a year? He thought he had, but…
…there's a very sour feeling in the pit of his stomach and he settles back in his chair, staring at the table top as the whole conversation works on a repeated loop in his head.
Hiro Hamada: boy genius, absolute screw-up.
He doesn't say anything, eventually leaning forward and folding his arms on the table to bury his head in them while he calculates the nex--no, you know what? That's exactly what got him in this position. Calculating. Overthinking. Trying to determine the outcomes instead of just listening and acting based on that. No more trying to outsmart people. No more trying to bend rules and advice to be what he wants to hear.
Too bad it's probably too late.]
Sorry. You seriously didn't need to be in the middle of that. [The words are muffled by the fabric of his hood but they should be clear enough even if he's not lifting his head to look at Nico.]
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He doesn't even seem to think anything of the "boyfriend" comment. He doesn't even think anything of the way he disappeared. What sticks with him are two things.
One.) Of course. Of course he's been at Ariadne's this whole time. How could he have gone though? He couldn't have, not with Nico. But…maybe he should have gone in February? But what if he went and Jason wouldn't let him go again? He had to make the right decision. Surely that had been right.
and two.) Jason just called him a waste of time.
…oh.
Was it? Jason did waste a lot of his time trying to take precautions to keep Hiro safe and Hiro kept breaking promises and going around and finding loopholes. Had he really not learned anything in almost a year? He thought he had, but…
…there's a very sour feeling in the pit of his stomach and he settles back in his chair, staring at the table top as the whole conversation works on a repeated loop in his head.
Hiro Hamada: boy genius, absolute screw-up.
He doesn't say anything, eventually leaning forward and folding his arms on the table to bury his head in them while he calculates the nex--no, you know what? That's exactly what got him in this position. Calculating. Overthinking. Trying to determine the outcomes instead of just listening and acting based on that. No more trying to outsmart people. No more trying to bend rules and advice to be what he wants to hear.
Too bad it's probably too late.]
Sorry. You seriously didn't need to be in the middle of that. [The words are muffled by the fabric of his hood but they should be clear enough even if he's not lifting his head to look at Nico.]