very suddenly, leo feels as if his heart's being embraced far too tightly. it's always been sena's words that leo took a bit more seriously... a boon and a bane, when the former's not always prone to saying what he means. here? certainly a blessing, strengthened (unfortunately) by the fact that such a grand phrase really was completely literal here.
even without that, though, leo would've believed it completely.
it's what makes his hands shake just the slightest, overwhelmed as he is. they shake when leo places one gently behind izumi's head to push him a little closer, so their foreheads can touch. shake when the other hand moves to grab one of izumi's, intertwining their fingers. shake when he repeats sena's words in his head as he forms his own. ]
I won't forget it... I couldn't forget it. Sena's poetic, pretty, painful promise -- or what got you to say it.
[ all the good parts of this, all the horrible parts of this... all the parts that were their fault, that weren't their fault... if they can heal their own wounds like this, he won't forget it.
a tiny breath, as he continues-- ]
... Now, um, listen to mine, okay?
[ --as he squeezes their joint hands-- ]
I'm gonna keep you by my side, Sena. So you don't gotta fight through something you shouldn't have to fight. Not alone. So I don't know what it's like to miss you, and so you don't know what it's like to miss me.
[ never again, ]
Mm, you have my word? Should I finish it with that too?
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very suddenly, leo feels as if his heart's being embraced far too tightly. it's always been sena's words that leo took a bit more seriously... a boon and a bane, when the former's not always prone to saying what he means. here? certainly a blessing, strengthened (unfortunately) by the fact that such a grand phrase really was completely literal here.
even without that, though, leo would've believed it completely.
it's what makes his hands shake just the slightest, overwhelmed as he is. they shake when leo places one gently behind izumi's head to push him a little closer, so their foreheads can touch. shake when the other hand moves to grab one of izumi's, intertwining their fingers. shake when he repeats sena's words in his head as he forms his own. ]
I won't forget it... I couldn't forget it. Sena's poetic, pretty, painful promise -- or what got you to say it.
[ all the good parts of this, all the horrible parts of this... all the parts that were their fault, that weren't their fault... if they can heal their own wounds like this, he won't forget it.
a tiny breath, as he continues-- ]
... Now, um, listen to mine, okay?
[ --as he squeezes their joint hands-- ]
I'm gonna keep you by my side, Sena. So you don't gotta fight through something you shouldn't have to fight. Not alone. So I don't know what it's like to miss you, and so you don't know what it's like to miss me.
[ never again, ]
Mm, you have my word? Should I finish it with that too?