[ It gets easier and easier to lace his fingers with hers, even if he still feels a swell of embarrassing warmth unfurl and wash over him when it happens; he knows his face is still heated up and wants it to stop, but at the same time, it's impossible right now, when the girl he's wanted to see the most is right in front of him.
The thought that she'd want him to stay with her is so much— if she wanted to be selfish with him, he wouldn't mind. He wants to stay with her too, and the thought that this work he's doing is just voluntary, that he really could just stay if he wanted to...
Would he?
...Maybe, but it feels wrong to, to not see his responsibilities through. He'll feel better being able to come back having helped in some way—having proven that despite his lack of skills, despite everything, he can still do something. He hasn't quite resigned himself out of the dream of having an ordinary school life, but the feeling of being utterly helpless from Goro when they spoke about his ordeal... it isn't something he likes.
Liked. Likes. He slowly, unthinkingly, brings their joined hands up and— almost kisses the knuckles of hers, remembers himself soon enough when it's in his line of sight that he just squeezes instead. ]
I will. Don't worry about that... I haven't really been chasing stuff that's too dangerous anyway. My first task, I helped out a lot of workers, right? I got a reward from them too. [ It was a small metal cat statuette. For his bff. ] And then my next one, we went to a ladder that was supposed to be infinite... Like, it'd loop around as you went down it, and if you could figure out how to step off of it, you'd become something like a god. It was just really long though, which was sort of disappointing. The people I investigated it with were ve~ry fun though.
[ A shy smile, before he lowers their hands again. ]
And what has Anya been getting up to...? Please don't tell me you've been getting into any trouble. I think my heart would give out.
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The thought that she'd want him to stay with her is so much— if she wanted to be selfish with him, he wouldn't mind. He wants to stay with her too, and the thought that this work he's doing is just voluntary, that he really could just stay if he wanted to...
Would he?
...Maybe, but it feels wrong to, to not see his responsibilities through. He'll feel better being able to come back having helped in some way—having proven that despite his lack of skills, despite everything, he can still do something. He hasn't quite resigned himself out of the dream of having an ordinary school life, but the feeling of being utterly helpless from Goro when they spoke about his ordeal... it isn't something he likes.
Liked. Likes. He slowly, unthinkingly, brings their joined hands up and— almost kisses the knuckles of hers, remembers himself soon enough when it's in his line of sight that he just squeezes instead. ]
I will. Don't worry about that... I haven't really been chasing stuff that's too dangerous anyway. My first task, I helped out a lot of workers, right? I got a reward from them too. [ It was a small metal cat statuette. For his bff. ] And then my next one, we went to a ladder that was supposed to be infinite... Like, it'd loop around as you went down it, and if you could figure out how to step off of it, you'd become something like a god. It was just really long though, which was sort of disappointing. The people I investigated it with were ve~ry fun though.
[ A shy smile, before he lowers their hands again. ]
And what has Anya been getting up to...? Please don't tell me you've been getting into any trouble. I think my heart would give out.