I get it though

I get why Dante’s upset, because each time he asked Rafael how things were going he just said that everything was fine. And Dante already said he wanted Rafael to depend on him if he felt like things were hard so this is more of a communication issue on Rafael’s part more than anything. Clearly it’s not going great if his supervisor has to call Dante with questions and to vent, or when the situation he’s in is clearly not doing well and that’s why he’s always still working late at night, or when it’s clear he hasn’t made any friends in his new group and that’s why there’s still all those negative rumors about him which is isolating him. Dante feels like he failed so he’s frustrated and Rafael wants to look good in Dante’s eyes so he’s not communicating his struggles and instead just wants to be comforted by him while pretending everything is fine which doesn’t solve the problem.