( he doesn't have a right to touch him so openly, and some distant part of him knows that but a part of him so much closer to the surface wants just as much as suguru does, but he'll be damned if he acts on it. it isn't his place, isn't his right, but then the other man is reaching for him and he thinks he might be overthinking things too much —
but then the memory hits him like a ton of bricks and it's as though he has a front row seat to one of suguru's greatest horrors, one of his biggest nightmares. it doesn't take long to get from start to finish, little more than flashes of images that only give him as much clarity as he needs to know just who those little girls are, young as they are, and it's only when suguru comes back to himself that he even thinks to say anything, a bit stunned himself for everything he's just seen. and he doesn't even know the half of it.
still, he's quiet for a small moment, focusing on breathing, taking it all in and slowly bringing himself to meet his gaze with his own, somewhat searching. )
Your … ( he stops, starts, trying to pick through his words carefully. ) Your girls. I had no idea …
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Date: 2023-02-06 10:37 pm (UTC)but then the memory hits him like a ton of bricks and it's as though he has a front row seat to one of suguru's greatest horrors, one of his biggest nightmares. it doesn't take long to get from start to finish, little more than flashes of images that only give him as much clarity as he needs to know just who those little girls are, young as they are, and it's only when suguru comes back to himself that he even thinks to say anything, a bit stunned himself for everything he's just seen. and he doesn't even know the half of it.
still, he's quiet for a small moment, focusing on breathing, taking it all in and slowly bringing himself to meet his gaze with his own, somewhat searching. )
Your … ( he stops, starts, trying to pick through his words carefully. ) Your girls. I had no idea …