"Uh, yeah." I agree. I mean, obviously the dude was pretty bad news. The whole disappearing thing didn't do him any favors either. "Sorry you missed."

I bite my lip and shrug one shoulder, then give Naoto-kun a friendly pat on his. We're cool. We're buds.

"I was thinkin' about picking up some dinner at Aiya. Would you, uh." Fuck, how do I finish that sentence now that I've started it? Damn it. "Wanna come with me? Or are you busy. It's fine, if you're busy! With work! It's fine, I mean, we'd be going back to my place, and my ma's there, and you should probably just go back to work."