[God. He is so bad at people skills. And he's too scared to offer any real comfort. He's been rejected too much by the person he needs the most acceptance from to be able to do that.
Even so, very quietly, he reaches out to him with his voice.]
I don't want that either.
[But there isn't anything they can do yet. And Dirk has always accepted hopeless things for what they are. For a moment, he's silent. Then he takes up a slice of an orange and he holds it out to Hinata.]
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Even so, very quietly, he reaches out to him with his voice.]
I don't want that either.
[But there isn't anything they can do yet. And Dirk has always accepted hopeless things for what they are. For a moment, he's silent. Then he takes up a slice of an orange and he holds it out to Hinata.]