He chuckled and stood from the table. Tossing his trash he began walking out of tiny cafe. “We not that far from each other.”
“As I said, I know that the fact is that we’re much closer, but…” Hakuba frowned, brows creasing at the apparent miscommunication of his sentiment.
Whether it was because he was so tired or so stressed, the detective really had not noticed the noise on the other end of the line. It would have been easy to assume – though assuming was always a dangerous inclination – that he were simply in a busy area, like a mall. Shopping for more ties without him, perhaps. He took another sip of coffee, then continued. “Ah, anyway, suffice to say that I miss you already…?"