[Gokudera's head snapped up in surprise. "So far from the truth"? Before he had enough time to properly take the sentiment in... she comes at him with the next statement and his cheeks light up. Bring him guys? God, that almost made him feel like some sort of gigolo...
G-guys she approved of?! He really wasn't quite sure what to make of this. At all. He was happy that she was okay with him being... well... the way he was... More than happy even. It was such a relief to know that she still accepted him despite this... but at the same time it was kind of embarrassing to have her trying to look over his friends and weed out the one's she didn't like. He wasn't used to that sort of treatment, no one had ever wanted to do that for him before (because let's face it- he was always that kid mother's warned their children to stay away from).]
W-well i-i-it's more th-than him just being a guy! I-I um... well... it's hard to explain... but...
[But He would try for Temari]
I've known him for a really long time... and he really was my first friend outside of the Vongola. I really don't make friends easily... [He looks away for a moment and rubs the back of his neck awkwardly] I don't really trust people... so when they get too close I sort of freak out and push them away, even in the Vongola... I really don't get too close to anyone but my boss. I've always figured I was better off alone...
[which got him into big trouble with his fight with Gamma. His own hot-headed lone-wolf incompetence almost got both Yamamoto and himself killed just before he came here.]
But a lot of shit has happened here... and he always looked out for me, and wouldn't let me push him away. [He smiles a little bit and chuckles] I can be pretty pathetic too... I don't really let anyone see it but... he knows. He's really seen me at my worst over and over... and he still stays with me.
[He knew Temari had seen bits and pieces of it. She had seen him without a leg... when he had confided in her just how worthless he felt in his drugged state, his break down after he had died, or even just now... exposing just how much he feared others. He didn't feel like he could come to her the way he did with Ryuutaro. She valued strength and being strong, so he didn't feel like he could come to her and just... cry and let himself be weak.
I guess... I dunno, it's just... I feel worth somethin' you know? I have something special I want to protect and... and when I do it sort of feels like maybe my old man and everyone back in Italy messed up throwin' me away like they did... like I'm worth somethin'...
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G-guys she approved of?! He really wasn't quite sure what to make of this. At all. He was happy that she was okay with him being... well... the way he was... More than happy even. It was such a relief to know that she still accepted him despite this... but at the same time it was kind of embarrassing to have her trying to look over his friends and weed out the one's she didn't like. He wasn't used to that sort of treatment, no one had ever wanted to do that for him before (because let's face it- he was always that kid mother's warned their children to stay away from).]
W-well i-i-it's more th-than him just being a guy! I-I um... well... it's hard to explain... but...
[But He would try for Temari]
I've known him for a really long time... and he really was my first friend outside of the Vongola. I really don't make friends easily... [He looks away for a moment and rubs the back of his neck awkwardly] I don't really trust people... so when they get too close I sort of freak out and push them away, even in the Vongola... I really don't get too close to anyone but my boss. I've always figured I was better off alone...
[which got him into big trouble with his fight with Gamma. His own hot-headed lone-wolf incompetence almost got both Yamamoto and himself killed just before he came here.]
But a lot of shit has happened here... and he always looked out for me, and wouldn't let me push him away. [He smiles a little bit and chuckles] I can be pretty pathetic too... I don't really let anyone see it but... he knows. He's really seen me at my worst over and over... and he still stays with me.
[He knew Temari had seen bits and pieces of it. She had seen him without a leg... when he had confided in her just how worthless he felt in his drugged state, his break down after he had died, or even just now... exposing just how much he feared others. He didn't feel like he could come to her the way he did with Ryuutaro. She valued strength and being strong, so he didn't feel like he could come to her and just... cry and let himself be weak.
I guess... I dunno, it's just... I feel worth somethin' you know? I have something special I want to protect and... and when I do it sort of feels like maybe my old man and everyone back in Italy messed up throwin' me away like they did... like I'm worth somethin'...