"I cannot afford to buy you a new car. Also, you don't have a license. Do you?" Castiel sounded a little confused by that request, but he did answer it diligently and with a serious voice. "My friend Matteo. He is my best friend. We share a profound bond. He has a little brother that attends your university."
And Matteo had assured him that Sam was going to go on this road trip for him. Apparently 'it was easy to guilt little brothers'. Castiel was less convinced of that, talking to Raphael.
"So at this vulnerable moment in my life, I have to get in a car with a stranger and drive to -- where even is he?" It didn't seem like a lot of fun and he had no idea what weirdo he'd be stuck in a car with. He exhaled in annoyance, he really didn't need this right now. He'd have to book some days off work and cancel his balloon animal course. He was so excited to learn how to make advanced animals.
"You could instead, you know, lease me a car. We can lie about the license, no one even checks." Or, at least, he assumed as much.
"They need to register your license to lease you a car. Anyway. Sam is a very responsible driver and he is nice and has good hygiene. Matty says he is a hippie, I don't know what that means." Here he was, simply sharing what information he had, with no context.
"I will give him your number and you can make arrangements. We are in New York. I am at the hospital."
"Good hygiene and a hippie? Dude. There's some mismatching there." Was he really going to do that. Go to New York, watch Gabriel die or something? He wasn't sure he wanted to. He didn't like the idea of such a real moment but he also didn't know how he'd feel is Gabriel did die. "I-- I'll think about it, I'll see if I can get the time off work and we'll see. Yeah?"
That was all he could promise right now as he felt his stomach fluttering at the idea. "Is, you know, is Luci gonna be there? Mikey? The whole gang?"
"I am trying to get them to come. Lucifer called me just to tell me that he is leaving me on read. I think that means he will show up, he put effort into it." Castiel was trying to estimate the likelihood of his brothers showing up. He wasn't sure how much he could count on any of them. "I haven't been able to reach Michael yet. Maybe you would have more luck."
Castiel was silent for a moment, then, as Matty gestured, he tried the guilt approach. "It is difficult. I would like you here. I changed your diapers."
Michael was a tough case. He had no idea how to approach that one, especially if he was ignoring Castiel. For Raphael, Lucifer was the cool one, the one he had adored and loved, the one he wanted to be with. Then two months of being around him swiftly taught him that his brother was an asshole and all of his friends were dicks. So that had been something. Michael was harder to connect to and his judgemental response to him moving in with Lucifer had kind of spurn Raphael. It was all very difficult. Families were.
"Ew." Why did he keep being gross today? "Well... I was a baby, champ. I couldn't help it. Look, I'll -- I'll think about it."
"Talk about the stupid gameboy story. More personal. Go for the heart." Matty whispered covertly. As best he could.
"Yes. Matty is here." When Matty shook his head very emphatically, Castiel corrected himself by lying badly. "No, wait. Matty is not here. That's just a lamp. I was mistaken."
There, he'd covered that up nicely. And now he could swiftly move on to the gameboy story. "I bought you a gameboy." That was kind of the whole story, but Matty kept gesturing. "I saved up all my money and I did it because you liked games a lot. I had to help you hide it."
"Is he teaching you how to manipulate? Hot damn, Cas. You've been corrupted." Profound bond. Heh. Must be fucking. He assumed Castiel had a boyfriend or something. "So is he a particularly hot lamp or just sort of average cause--"
"Just get in the stupid car and come and see your damn brother." Matty took the phone from Castiel, just handling this for him. "He might die so don't be an idiot. Get your head out of your ass and get in that car. Okay?!"
"He's a handsome lamp," Castiel had already replied without any hesitation to clarify, just before the phone was wrestled from him. He blinked and then moved closer, so that Raphael would still be able to hear him. "Sam will reach out to you. He is very reliable!"
A lot more reliable than the handsome lamp, honestly.
"I'm gonna go down. Have fun turning your lamp on."
Raphael hung up because he didn't want to talk about this any more. Though he did now have a list of things he wanted to ask his brother if and when he got to New York.
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And Matteo had assured him that Sam was going to go on this road trip for him. Apparently 'it was easy to guilt little brothers'. Castiel was less convinced of that, talking to Raphael.
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"You could instead, you know, lease me a car. We can lie about the license, no one even checks." Or, at least, he assumed as much.
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"I will give him your number and you can make arrangements. We are in New York. I am at the hospital."
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That was all he could promise right now as he felt his stomach fluttering at the idea. "Is, you know, is Luci gonna be there? Mikey? The whole gang?"
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Castiel was silent for a moment, then, as Matty gestured, he tried the guilt approach. "It is difficult. I would like you here. I changed your diapers."
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"Ew." Why did he keep being gross today? "Well... I was a baby, champ. I couldn't help it. Look, I'll -- I'll think about it."
"Talk about the stupid gameboy story. More personal. Go for the heart." Matty whispered covertly. As best he could.
"... Is someone else there?"
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There, he'd covered that up nicely. And now he could swiftly move on to the gameboy story. "I bought you a gameboy." That was kind of the whole story, but Matty kept gesturing. "I saved up all my money and I did it because you liked games a lot. I had to help you hide it."
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"Just get in the stupid car and come and see your damn brother." Matty took the phone from Castiel, just handling this for him. "He might die so don't be an idiot. Get your head out of your ass and get in that car. Okay?!"
"... Cas, your lamp is yelling at me."
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A lot more reliable than the handsome lamp, honestly.
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Raphael hung up because he didn't want to talk about this any more. Though he did now have a list of things he wanted to ask his brother if and when he got to New York.