[ his eyes flick down to the movement of her fingers and his heart shatters. it looks like he was right. she did move on. it's a good thing, she deserves to be happy. he really wants her to be happy. but damn if it doesn't feel like a knife to the heart to see that there's someone else out there that's doing it. not him. ]

Yeah, you too. [ he swallows hard around the dryness of his throat and plasters on the same fake smile he was giving the cameras a little while earlier. ] I just--wanted to see how you were doing. Congrats, by the way. [ he nods towards the ring.

and he can pretty much hear mako's voice saying liar in his head. it takes a herculean effort to not look where she's standing a polite distance away. whether it's for a rescue or to see if she's really thinking that, he can't say. either one she'd probably be displeased with.

raleigh looks down and scratches at his nose nervously as he keeps going. he's talking about a mile a minute and it's a miracle he's not rocking back on his heels with how much he suddenly hates this conversation. ] And, uh. I wanted to apologize. For being a dick. You deserved so much better than what I did to you. So... I'm sorry. [ the smile he gives her is tremulous as his right shoulder comes up in a shrug that also makes him wince slightly. ] That's all.