You were talking excitedly to Fyodor while he was scrolling on his phone. Nikolai was sitting out of your peripheral vision—as you were focused on talking to Fyodor—but he was listening to everything you had to say. After a while, you realized…

Fyodor wasn’t even listening.

And once you asked him if he was, he halfheartedly apologized, to which you claimed it was fine and just stopped talking, feeling your words weren’t appreciated.

Then you felt a hand on your shoulder. “Hey, I’m still listening,” the grinning Nikolai said, “go on! You were just getting to the good part!”