[Better to have the sound in the background anyway; they can both pretend they're actually watching a movie and not discussing things more honestly than they ever have before. Not that that's saying much when Micchi still can't speak in anything but allusions and inferences.

Micchi lets out a small breath that could almost be a laugh if any noise had accompanied it.]

You didn't consider that I could be interested in men? Or were you thinking I was still too young to be interested in anyone at all?

[Micchi cuts himself off there; no need to pick up and pace and make himself even more annoyed. Keep calm.]

I'm not a child anymore. And I want to be trusted to make all of my own choices, not just some of them.