homo: hikari

[damp]

itp: just two boyfriends...

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[reinherits]

... Do you think so? [his gaze flickers away, a little embarrassed.] I am honoured, then. But it is my friends that I derive strength from.

[damp]

[ CUTE ]

That doesn't mean it's still not your own. [ nudges him ] Besides, they're not your friends for nothing.

[reinherits]

[he glances at where rin nudges him, before he looks up with a little smile.]

... And I am grateful beyond words that they are willing to stay by my side.

[damp]

[ heh ]

Mm. I'm sure Nahida will be glad to see you, even if it's... like this.

[reinherits]

... Yes, perhaps. She has a kind heart. [...] And despite the circumstances, I will be glad for the chance to speak to her again.

[damp]

I know she's missed you. You must've missed your team too, right?

[reinherits]

[there's a bit of contemplative silence, before hikari simply says—]

I have.

[damp]

I know it's kind of weird, but you can be happy to see Nahida again.

[reinherits]

Mm. The circumstances are not ideal, but I will be glad to be able to talk to her again.

[damp]

She'll probably need support in getting up to speed too.

[reinherits]

I am not always very good at explaining things, but I will do my best...

[damp]

Nahida's smart, she'll probably pick it up without much effort. [ archon of knowledge... ] You can switch to room with her too, if you want.

[reinherits]

[oh. hikari looks troubled, for a moment.]

... She has many friends. I doubt she will be lacking for people who would be happy to have her as a roommate, so she won't be alone.

[damp]

... Are you sure? I'm sure she'd want to be with her teammate.

[reinherits]

I will see what she wants, of course, but you needn't think I would leave you for her either—ah, though if you would rather have the space to yourself and Gerard, I understand.

[damp]

[ he laughs ]

I wouldn't think you would. [ he has faith in you hikari ] You can just invite her to our room, if that makes things easier.

[reinherits]

... I will ask her, then. Though truthfully, I imagine she would be closer to those like Buzen, given that I was only on the team for a few days. [before he died.]

[damp]

Buzen wasn't around for that much longer either... [ granted buzen is buzen ]

But there's something special about your teammates.

[reinherits]

[still two whole more weeks than hikari was around for... though yeah, hikari is also aware that others are more sociable in a way that hikari probably isn't.]

... Mm. I suppose that is true.

[damp]

[ ? ]

You don't think so?

[reinherits]

Huh? [a beat] Ah, no, I do agree that one generally feels a certain bond with those they consider teammates...

[damp]

But you don't think Nahida considers you a teammate?

[reinherits]

[a

pause]

... I don't think she does not consider me a teammate, explicitly...?

[damp]

[ ??? ]

Oh, that's good. [ am i interpreting what hikari's saying correctly ] Right?

[reinherits]

[you are interpreting what hikari's saying correctly

but anyway hikari's gaze flicks away for just a split-second in what might look like guilt before he resumes a normal, blank expression.]

Yes.