On some level he does realize that he's surrounded by those who love and care for him - yet at the same time there's this barrier that keeps him feeling disconnected and isolated from them. It's why he spent so long unable to divulge the secret of his past. Why he couldn't tell Hiyori and Yukine he was going off to kill his father. The fact that he managed to admit to Hiyori here in Neo Tokyo that he'd been in a romantic relationship with her previous was nothing short of a miracle.
So. Progress, slow as it might be. It happens when you keep toeing a line between taking a step forward and a step back, just like he does when it comes to courting Hiyori. He's suave and confident one minute, a flustered idiot the next. She stumps him so much, playing with his emotions like a cat without ever realizing it. How can he not be when she's doing something like kissing his chest, making his heart flutter happily from the simple contact between them.
He is loved. That's all he has to remember. The rest will take care of itself.
Her laughter rings throughout the bathroom and the reverberations touch his very soul, more so than even her being snuggled up against him, though that's wonderful, too. As is the way she grasps him so carefully in order to ply him with a much welcomed kiss, one he returns immediately and with gusto.
If it were up to him, they'd be striped naked in an instant so they could get their hands all over each other, but clearly she wants to take their time. Something he can handle, with a bit of effort. It's not going to stop him from kneading at her back like a needy kitten, though. She'll just have to accept the kitty cuddles, hehe.
Bumping his forehead against the crown of her head, he nuzzles lightly and whispers.]
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On some level he does realize that he's surrounded by those who love and care for him - yet at the same time there's this barrier that keeps him feeling disconnected and isolated from them. It's why he spent so long unable to divulge the secret of his past. Why he couldn't tell Hiyori and Yukine he was going off to kill his father. The fact that he managed to admit to Hiyori here in Neo Tokyo that he'd been in a romantic relationship with her previous was nothing short of a miracle.
So. Progress, slow as it might be. It happens when you keep toeing a line between taking a step forward and a step back, just like he does when it comes to courting Hiyori. He's suave and confident one minute, a flustered idiot the next. She stumps him so much, playing with his emotions like a cat without ever realizing it. How can he not be when she's doing something like kissing his chest, making his heart flutter happily from the simple contact between them.
He is loved. That's all he has to remember. The rest will take care of itself.
Her laughter rings throughout the bathroom and the reverberations touch his very soul, more so than even her being snuggled up against him, though that's wonderful, too. As is the way she grasps him so carefully in order to ply him with a much welcomed kiss, one he returns immediately and with gusto.
If it were up to him, they'd be striped naked in an instant so they could get their hands all over each other, but clearly she wants to take their time. Something he can handle, with a bit of effort. It's not going to stop him from kneading at her back like a needy kitten, though. She'll just have to accept the kitty cuddles, hehe.
Bumping his forehead against the crown of her head, he nuzzles lightly and whispers.]
...I love you, Hiyori.