The phrase hangs around his shoulders like a blanket, always a memory and reminder of how it used to make his heart leap and rise and almost bloom into a golden hundredfold — a soothing sort of mantra he figured would leave him eventually like the white does on a wave when it breaks into sea spray. It just keeps on coming back though, through people who aren't family, through people who see more in him than he'll ever see.
What do they know that he doesn't?
Well. He's not going to admit that it's nice to hear, because for starters, it's Rei of all people. And so he's just going to calmly... remove his hand this time, because... hello? He's still half-naked. Read the atmosphere a little. ]
You can quit treating me like a kid any day now. [ Also he's used to Rei conveniently ignoring things he says!! You're not senile, okay!!! ] As for the rest of what you said... if you do anything funny while we're splitting a room then it's grounds for me to cut the room-share deal, okay? Boundaries are a thing, Sakuma-san. [ He's One To Talk. ] Anyway... here's to making the best of this and finding our way home before I even have to think about making permanent arrangements.
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The phrase hangs around his shoulders like a blanket, always a memory and reminder of how it used to make his heart leap and rise and almost bloom into a golden hundredfold — a soothing sort of mantra he figured would leave him eventually like the white does on a wave when it breaks into sea spray. It just keeps on coming back though, through people who aren't family, through people who see more in him than he'll ever see.
What do they know that he doesn't?
Well. He's not going to admit that it's nice to hear, because for starters, it's Rei of all people. And so he's just going to calmly... remove his hand this time, because... hello? He's still half-naked. Read the atmosphere a little. ]
You can quit treating me like a kid any day now. [ Also he's used to Rei conveniently ignoring things he says!! You're not senile, okay!!! ] As for the rest of what you said... if you do anything funny while we're splitting a room then it's grounds for me to cut the room-share deal, okay? Boundaries are a thing, Sakuma-san. [ He's One To Talk. ] Anyway... here's to making the best of this and finding our way home before I even have to think about making permanent arrangements.