As soon as Reno sat down, the cat stood and sulked off to hide somewhere. Probably, Rude thought, not wanting to be around for the conversation any more than he did. Glancing back down, Rude nodded before realizing Reno couldn't see him. Dammit, he didn't want to say things out loud.

Carefully reaching over, Rude lightly touched the redhead's arm, trying not to hit anything that might still hurt. "...You never have been very rational."

At Reno's worry that he wouldn't want to speak with him anymore, however, Rude's grip suddenly tightened. Not talking to him anymore was simply not an option, simply because Rude knew how upset Reno would be about it. "I don't want that. I've already hurt you enough, even if..." Rude shifted, looking away again. "...Even if you hurt me, too."

Rude had forgiven him the moment Reno had admitted he was wrong, but the hurt wouldn't go away that easily.