he had just gotten off his shift and returned home, it was pretty late by now but he wanted to call you, you'd told him you wanted to take a break, but he vowed he'd do anything to fix the relationship, baby steps... the phone went straight to voicemail as he called you, so he left a message

"H-hey, um... look, I know it's late and that you wanted a break, but... I was thinking maybe we can catch up? Maybe go out to eat, something casual? It's been a while, so..."