kinemasent.
every dog has its day.
but unfortunately it is not his day. carol laughs at his joke – as any good human being should – before giving the best ‘how do i break it to ya’ smiles she can muster.
“listen, pakistani denzel… that’s very nice of you. and you are handsome, don’t get me wrong. but i’m actually not straight.”
the disappointment dinesh is expecting never comes. what washes over him, instead, is relief, with the necessity to perform well now stripped from their conversation. his want to trick her into developing a crush melts away ( if it’d been there to begin with ) and he’s left confused, a step outside of himself, and craving --- of all fucking things --- gilfoyle’s taunts to break the tension.
‘ of course you aren’t, ’ he says. the sigh that follows won’t be winning him any acting awards. ‘ this may have been my most foolish fucking --- and short-lived! short-lived! --- delusion to date. ’
