[It isn't easy to see Abel like this, upset and glum, eyes wet and exhausted from however long he's been crying. Cain keeps his gaze level on him nonetheless.]

It wasn't something I asked for. I don't want... big gestures like that, you know? Felt like it was more for Hideki to show off how much money he's got. And that's just what he thinks me and Prompto want. It's not gonna be forever.

[He doesn't know how else to reassure Abel, or if he even can in the face of the hurt that's been caused. It makes him wish to redo the entire night.]

Some of it was okay. It was cool seeing a few people, the ones who weren't just nameless Cooltalk-obsessed freaks. [A try for brief levity.] I got a couple gifts. Didn't really expect that. [He shrugs, playing that down. Having these connections to others is still a new and tenuous for him.] But... I was just waiting that whole time to come home and crawl into bed with you. I mean that. You're not a distraction, you don't bring my mood down. Even if you do I wanna hear it. If it's gonna be the two of us, you can tell me when I do something stupid like ditch you and you're unhappy.