[ Cisco understands the reasons for that equivocal 'can hang' and the caveat of 'if you've got nowhere to be'. He might not know the details of what Rin was getting back to, but whatever it was, Rin had picked it over staying with Taako any longer. So, right now, Taako's probably feeling like he's not automatically a top priority for the people he cares about. Not like he does usually, when he's in a good mood, and will breezily just commandeer an entire afternoon from Cisco, sweep him up in some new impromptu adventure.

But Cisco isn't going anywhere right now. ]

Excellent. Then I'm not gonna hold back on the vodka.

[ He punctuates this by tipping a little more of the stuff into his glass, and then Taako's as well.

That question surprises Cisco; Taako clearly knows him much too well for him to get away with a lie. It's inconvenient, sometimes, having a friend who understands the patterns of his thoughts and emotions with such precision. Cisco gives a tiny shrug, looking down at his fingers as he scrapes as a cuticle, which is obviously a yes. Then he's feeling guilty for feeling guilty, when Taako's working so hard to pretend the whole thing is no big deal, which is a fun ouroboros to be stuck in. ]

Only a little. I know that it's not, like, about me. Like, I get that. I just- I don't know. I feel like I led you astray, kinda.

[ Or at the very least, that he should have looked into Rin more before he gave that foolishly romantic advice. He'd been lax, hadn't done his due diligence... ]