Looking down as he was he missed the exchange of the two panicking puppies teenagers. He is too busy wanting the ground to open up and swallow him. It wasn't surprising that he is so lost, they really were his first friends like this. He had friends of course, like Risai but she was older, one of Gyousou's generals and definitely did not act anything like these two.
But then there were arms around him again and looking up slightly he is surprised to find they belonged to Tidus. Inigo hugged him a lot but Tidus...
He was talking, reassuring and Taiki didn't think the words stupid at all because he was too busy being relieved. He hadn't upset him? It had just been in jest?
It is Taiki who feels slightly stupid now, for overreacting to what had apparently been a joke but then Tidus was demanding that Inigo hugged them too and he found himself sandwiched between them.
It's a strange feeling, arms around him. Arms that are real and solid. He has been hugged more often these last few months on the train than in the seven years prior but it is still... unusual. He still isn't used to it and his breath hitches slightly as he struggles not to cry, not sure how to even react to this sudden outpouring of affection from Inigo and Tidus.
He can't really move, trapped as he is and his words are muffled. "You're not stupid... Neither of you..."
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puppiesteenagers. He is too busy wanting the ground to open up and swallow him. It wasn't surprising that he is so lost, they really were his first friends like this. He had friends of course, like Risai but she was older, one of Gyousou's generals and definitely did not act anything like these two.But then there were arms around him again and looking up slightly he is surprised to find they belonged to Tidus. Inigo hugged him a lot but Tidus...
He was talking, reassuring and Taiki didn't think the words stupid at all because he was too busy being relieved. He hadn't upset him? It had just been in jest?
It is Taiki who feels slightly stupid now, for overreacting to what had apparently been a joke but then Tidus was demanding that Inigo hugged them too and he found himself sandwiched between them.
It's a strange feeling, arms around him. Arms that are real and solid. He has been hugged more often these last few months on the train than in the seven years prior but it is still... unusual. He still isn't used to it and his breath hitches slightly as he struggles not to cry, not sure how to even react to this sudden outpouring of affection from Inigo and Tidus.
He can't really move, trapped as he is and his words are muffled. "You're not stupid... Neither of you..."