homo: hikari

[damp]

itp: just two boyfriends...

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[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.

[damp]

[ ...?

he looks worriedly at him. ]

Hikari...?

[reinherits]

[he blinks.]

Yes...?

[damp]

You okay? You looked a little down.

[reinherits]

[freezes up a little in the way of someone who clearly feels like he's being caught in a lie, does not how to hide it, and feels bad about it]

... I'm fine.

[damp]

... Okay.

[ ... ]

But it's okay if you're not.

[reinherits]

[...

he doesn't have anything to say to that, it seems.]

[damp]

[ just nudges him ]

You don't have to if you don't want to. But you've listened to me so often, I thought I'd return the favour.

[reinherits]

[there's that look of guilt again, of feeling like he's concealing things from friends. and then, quietly,]

... You will think me foolish.

[damp]

[ He shakes his head. ]

Not a chance, Hikari.