He doesn't look though. Not for a bit. He's leading them to the porter and ignoring some of their topics now. Glad that Diego doesn't push it more. He's a bit wounded by that Dad comment, it being directed to him or not, it was still a low blow.
"What? No! I'm not... not isolating. I'm just..." He shrugged. He had no idea what he was doing. He didn't want to push himself into anyones lives but he wasn't standing his distance either. He just... kept doing things on his own. Mostly assuming the others wouldn't want to do things with him. Not the things he wanted to do that is. He made ONE comment once and got looks. He's decided since then that he's not going to bring up his personal life too often. Not around his siblings. "I don't know? I've just been keeping busy."
Which is part of the Klaus Problem.
He gives the other a side look as they come to the building with the porter. Klaus and Ben were close, always, sure. They were a good pair together. He liked to think he had been close to Five, and he liked to believe he and Vanya got along swell, but he and Klaus had over 12 years of a connection and now? Now he felt empty.
"Nothing." He lied, giving another shrug. "Klaus is happier with out a nag of a brother hanging around him all the damn time. He can actually have some privacy now. He's got friends here. I don't want to be a bother to that."
He felt like a bother too. One that could be easily cut lose now. One that Klaus didn't need in his life. They were only so close before because Ben didn't 'move on' and stuck around to bother Klaus. Now? Now he wasn't needed.
"You'll like this bar we're going to. Pour Decisions. It's... nice." He said more confidently at last.
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"What? No! I'm not... not isolating. I'm just..." He shrugged. He had no idea what he was doing. He didn't want to push himself into anyones lives but he wasn't standing his distance either. He just... kept doing things on his own. Mostly assuming the others wouldn't want to do things with him. Not the things he wanted to do that is. He made ONE comment once and got looks. He's decided since then that he's not going to bring up his personal life too often. Not around his siblings. "I don't know? I've just been keeping busy."
Which is part of the Klaus Problem.
He gives the other a side look as they come to the building with the porter. Klaus and Ben were close, always, sure. They were a good pair together. He liked to think he had been close to Five, and he liked to believe he and Vanya got along swell, but he and Klaus had over 12 years of a connection and now? Now he felt empty.
"Nothing." He lied, giving another shrug. "Klaus is happier with out a nag of a brother hanging around him all the damn time. He can actually have some privacy now. He's got friends here. I don't want to be a bother to that."
He felt like a bother too. One that could be easily cut lose now. One that Klaus didn't need in his life. They were only so close before because Ben didn't 'move on' and stuck around to bother Klaus. Now? Now he wasn't needed.
"You'll like this bar we're going to. Pour Decisions. It's... nice." He said more confidently at last.