oh. this hurts. the short relief that leo may have experienced at sena being alive, somehow, is immediately replaced with the same feeling that ripped into him upon seeing the reminders of what happened on sena's back. from the sounds izumi's making to the feel of him trembling on him -- all of it honestly makes leo want to cry (again), and he can only bring his hands up to wrap his arms around izumi and hold him tightly, tightly, tightly in return.
he shouldn't do that so easily. probably. but it's the only thing leo can think to do, as he whispers out pathetically: ]
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry--
[ and maybe it's a little selfish, too, to burden izumi with his apologies so soon. but if he doesn't let them out he'll burst, as the worry and the regret and everything else threatens to choke him alive. there's a million other things he could say. things like i didn't mean it or i thought i already hit my lowest, until i thought i wouldn't see you again, but he'll stick with that for now.
leo doesn't know the full extent of izumi's experience, after all. he doesn't know what comes after dying, or what comes after dying in a dream. so... the rest of his response is only action, as he draws izumi closer if he's allowed.
izumi can recover at his own pace. he can say the first word, or the last word, or no words at all. leo's definitely, definitely, definitely not leaving. ]
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oh. this hurts. the short relief that leo may have experienced at sena being alive, somehow, is immediately replaced with the same feeling that ripped into him upon seeing the reminders of what happened on sena's back. from the sounds izumi's making to the feel of him trembling on him -- all of it honestly makes leo want to cry (again), and he can only bring his hands up to wrap his arms around izumi and hold him tightly, tightly, tightly in return.
he shouldn't do that so easily. probably. but it's the only thing leo can think to do, as he whispers out pathetically: ]
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry--
[ and maybe it's a little selfish, too, to burden izumi with his apologies so soon. but if he doesn't let them out he'll burst, as the worry and the regret and everything else threatens to choke him alive. there's a million other things he could say. things like i didn't mean it or i thought i already hit my lowest, until i thought i wouldn't see you again, but he'll stick with that for now.
leo doesn't know the full extent of izumi's experience, after all. he doesn't know what comes after dying, or what comes after dying in a dream. so... the rest of his response is only action, as he draws izumi closer if he's allowed.
izumi can recover at his own pace. he can say the first word, or the last word, or no words at all. leo's definitely, definitely, definitely not leaving. ]