"We're both here," Koumyou agrees, just as quietly, and presses right back up against Devero's forehead in return, "we're both alive. Together."
The relief is so profound it's looped back around to terror all over again. Because this is good, and it can't last. Any second now, something will change.
"I'm so terrified," Koumyou admits in a ragged whisper, "I just need you to be safe."
Safe from Ukoku, safe from Valdana, safe from the whims of fate that say that love is always death.
Safe from Koumyou, then. He isn't going to act on that final thought, there, but he can't help it from happening in his head. If Devero had a normal person to have a normal relationship with, he would be so much safer.
A thick stream of tears are leaking out of Koumyou's closed eyes again. He doesn't have the energy to sob, consciousness already a flickering, tenuous thing. The need to rest is going to assert itself one way or another.
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The relief is so profound it's looped back around to terror all over again. Because this is good, and it can't last. Any second now, something will change.
"I'm so terrified," Koumyou admits in a ragged whisper, "I just need you to be safe."
Safe from Ukoku, safe from Valdana, safe from the whims of fate that say that love is always death.
Safe from Koumyou, then. He isn't going to act on that final thought, there, but he can't help it from happening in his head. If Devero had a normal person to have a normal relationship with, he would be so much safer.
A thick stream of tears are leaking out of Koumyou's closed eyes again. He doesn't have the energy to sob, consciousness already a flickering, tenuous thing. The need to rest is going to assert itself one way or another.