[Ah, that... was a bit rude, wasn't it? The reassurement isn't exactly reassuring... but Shin's used to the kneejerk apprehension that kicks up at that kind of thing.]
S-sorry... just give me a second.
[He types it into contacts - no fancy name for Rantaro just yet - and then brings up his own to read off, maybe with a bit of a false start where he has to look it up in the device first because this isn't actually his original phone.]
There! We don't have long so what's this-
[And then the half-sound of the clocktower's cut-off chime and silence hits in the middle of the sentence, Shin's mouth still moving for a second before closing, though naturally Rantaro can actually hear him trail off. He really hates this, his stress levels already rising, and he busies himself with the phone, screen lighting up the half of his face above the scarf in the dark.]
no subject
S-sorry... just give me a second.
[He types it into contacts - no fancy name for Rantaro just yet - and then brings up his own to read off, maybe with a bit of a false start where he has to look it up in the device first because this isn't actually his original phone.]
There! We don't have long so what's this-
[And then the half-sound of the clocktower's cut-off chime and silence hits in the middle of the sentence, Shin's mouth still moving for a second before closing, though naturally Rantaro can actually hear him trail off. He really hates this, his stress levels already rising, and he busies himself with the phone, screen lighting up the half of his face above the scarf in the dark.]
Whenever you're ready.