[ he just sort of stands there, blinking, genuinely shocked as if the thought legitimately never occurred to him until right now. he had been so against the very thought of being dragged to a fancy dinner with shitty food you spent far too much money on, that he didn't even consider the after. ]

Zules, you are a goddamn genius you know that? I hadn't even thought of that. [ dante laughs and shakes his head. ] I did tell him the only way he'd get me to go to one of those places was if it was a date, so... [ s h r u g. ]

I know I'm right, I always am. [ they are both feeding each others egos. ] But I appreciate it, it's really up there on my favorite gifts I've been given today.