[ @coldfrcnt said “if we kiss, it’s only to shut you up. not because i want to.” | X ]
Dmitry raised an eyebrow at the words before immediately nodding to concede. "Of course, just to shut me up; that's— entirely reasonable, really. I mean..."
He did have a tendency to just talk —at length, about anything— in Russian-tinged words of casual English. This was something Dmitry freely acknowledged he did, and not really something he seemed to be able to stop himself from inevitably doing. He knew it could annoy certain kinds of people, didn't even take it personally at all. It just was.
But then... No one had ever kissed him just to shut him up, had they? Usually, it was just a sharp look or a gentle "you're doing that again." Some people didn't even seem to mind it at all, always supplying the odd question here and there or bringing up topics they knew he had interest in. Dmitry was almost certain, almost, that Bucky was in that last camp. The guy didn't have to hang out with him, after all. And yet... And yet, hang out they did.
Dmitry chose to take the words as a not-admission, like Bucky couldn't say it. That was okay, too. But just the same, Dmitry himself had refrained too, figuring that he was probably misreading things. Dmitry "I'd make out with a friend" Hackshaw did not want to make Bucky Barnes uncomfortable, did not want to make wrong assumptions and lose someone he thought of as a friend. (Was friend even the right word, really? He hoped.)
Oh, but they were so close, though, stopped short only really by the words. Bucky could close the gap, if he wanted to. That was entirely okay.