[Honestly? Noah hadn't been expecting a response from Dante after the previous night. He had lost his temper, and probably said more than he preferred to share about his past - but it wasn't anything he would lose sleep over. But if anything, he assumed that Dante would probably brush it off or ignore it. The guy was probably pretty drunk, there was a good chance he wouldn't remember even texting Noah. That was...well, whatever. Expected.
What wasn't expected was getting a response. And such a long one at that.
Which, to give Noah credit? He does read it. He reads through the entire thing, and thinks it over. He takes such a long time to think it over, that it's a long time before he replies back.]
youre wrong about ari. she doesnt let her mum control her. she fights all the time to live her own life.
[It was the reason she was in Recolle, it was the reason he was here. Ari's mom was extremely controlling, and he knew just hard Ari struggled to break free of that control. To not just do that, but also make sure she contributed to the world on her own. It was something Noah admired about her, honestly. She was a lot stronger than most people would think.
As for the rest of it.....honestly, Noah has a hard time understanding Dante's backstory. He can understand the words, and even empathize with points of it. But so much of it, was out of his realm of understanding. But it wasn't even just the money or the fame part of it. No, he could understand those parts just fine.
But the whole going along with it? That's where he had trouble, because that just wasn't something he would do. Noah was always a fighter, always defiant. Even when people tried to break him...it'd never take. He always followed his own path. Doing otherwise was simply too hard for him to understand.
Then again...maybe he wasn't supposed to understand. Dante probably wasn't at all interested in having Noah tell him how to live his life. Noah had no interest in telling Dante how to live his life either. That wasn't the point of any of this.
No, the point was more....explaining to Noah that everyone had shit in their lives. It wasn't just Noah. Which, yeah, he knew that. Anya couldn't speak English anymore. Tatsuma never had any friends before moving here. Naoto's parents were killed when he was a little kid. He knew about those things, and there was a large part of him that did care. Even though he knew it was better to just look after your own skin? He would find himself helping them get away from reporters, or just trying to chat them up as best he could. Sure, he wasn't good at it....
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but fine. i get it. you got shit in your life too. sorry for assuming otherwise.
but you know from the sound of it. you let your shit rule you more than mine rules me. i mean not that im not guilty of it too ill admit that but
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What wasn't expected was getting a response. And such a long one at that.
Which, to give Noah credit? He does read it. He reads through the entire thing, and thinks it over. He takes such a long time to think it over, that it's a long time before he replies back.]
youre wrong about ari.
she doesnt let her mum control her.
she fights all the time to live her own life.
[It was the reason she was in Recolle, it was the reason he was here. Ari's mom was extremely controlling, and he knew just hard Ari struggled to break free of that control. To not just do that, but also make sure she contributed to the world on her own. It was something Noah admired about her, honestly. She was a lot stronger than most people would think.
As for the rest of it.....honestly, Noah has a hard time understanding Dante's backstory. He can understand the words, and even empathize with points of it. But so much of it, was out of his realm of understanding. But it wasn't even just the money or the fame part of it. No, he could understand those parts just fine.
But the whole going along with it? That's where he had trouble, because that just wasn't something he would do. Noah was always a fighter, always defiant. Even when people tried to break him...it'd never take. He always followed his own path. Doing otherwise was simply too hard for him to understand.
Then again...maybe he wasn't supposed to understand. Dante probably wasn't at all interested in having Noah tell him how to live his life. Noah had no interest in telling Dante how to live his life either. That wasn't the point of any of this.
No, the point was more....explaining to Noah that everyone had shit in their lives. It wasn't just Noah. Which, yeah, he knew that. Anya couldn't speak English anymore. Tatsuma never had any friends before moving here. Naoto's parents were killed when he was a little kid. He knew about those things, and there was a large part of him that did care. Even though he knew it was better to just look after your own skin? He would find himself helping them get away from reporters, or just trying to chat them up as best he could. Sure, he wasn't good at it....
... ]
but fine.
i get it.
you got shit in your life too.
sorry for assuming otherwise.
but you know from the sound of it.
you let your shit rule you more than mine rules me.
i mean not that im not guilty of it too
ill admit that
but
maybe take your own advice?