He's of half a mind to tell Taiki to please not hug him right now. Not even for Inigo's own sake - though his state of mind certainly is fragile enough that it feels like it could snap at just getting hugged a little bit too much here. It's just for Taiki's own sake, because Inigo is sure he must smell and feel absolutely awful to the other right now. He's stepped in a few too many times to do the hard killing work when he wanted to spare others from it, after all.
On the other hand, he's pretty sure he'll just make Taiki emotionally feel worse if he'd tell the other to back off. It's a lose-lose situation, isn't it.
"No, I.. I'll gladly have some soup," he says. Trying to pretend like this is normal. Like he isn't worrying about at least seventeen things at the same time right now. "Just show me where it is."
Maybe that will let Taiki let go without Inigo having to be blunt about it?
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He's of half a mind to tell Taiki to please not hug him right now. Not even for Inigo's own sake - though his state of mind certainly is fragile enough that it feels like it could snap at just getting hugged a little bit too much here. It's just for Taiki's own sake, because Inigo is sure he must smell and feel absolutely awful to the other right now. He's stepped in a few too many times to do the hard killing work when he wanted to spare others from it, after all.
On the other hand, he's pretty sure he'll just make Taiki emotionally feel worse if he'd tell the other to back off. It's a lose-lose situation, isn't it.
"No, I.. I'll gladly have some soup," he says. Trying to pretend like this is normal. Like he isn't worrying about at least seventeen things at the same time right now. "Just show me where it is."
Maybe that will let Taiki let go without Inigo having to be blunt about it?