[This is his cue. Komaeda slips around to join her on the couch. He doesn't make eye contact with Hinata as his heart is suddenly far, far too loud. She'd pretty much outlined his fear as precisely as if she drew it on a page. But while holding Hinata close to him in that shower, and even before that.
What he'd done to throw Enoshima away from focusing on her...He glances down at his left hand, remembering how for an hour he'd sat in the dark with one hand entirely inhuman until the feelings of those memories settled. He clenches it and faces her.]
You haven't heard of a relationship like that because they're uncommon. But it isn't just one person extending bonds to two people. It's...
[He reaches for her hands and gently takes them in his.] Those connections span between all three people. While I do think Hajime and I could work out as just us.
...I'm not about to make him choose and to be honest with you. [He looks off to the side, to where he'd caught the moss growing and then back at her.]
I never cared what society thought of me and my decisions anyway. Why don't we both take care of this unruly mess of ours, and each other too.
[He smiles, just for her something soft, a little hopeful, and very real.]
But in the end, the decision is yours. Whatever you decide, we'll be here with you on this glimmering road to the future.
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Date: 2016-07-13 12:36 am (UTC)What he'd done to throw Enoshima away from focusing on her...He glances down at his left hand, remembering how for an hour he'd sat in the dark with one hand entirely inhuman until the feelings of those memories settled. He clenches it and faces her.]
You haven't heard of a relationship like that because they're uncommon. But it isn't just one person extending bonds to two people. It's...
[He reaches for her hands and gently takes them in his.] Those connections span between all three people. While I do think Hajime and I could work out as just us.
...I'm not about to make him choose and to be honest with you. [He looks off to the side, to where he'd caught the moss growing and then back at her.]
I never cared what society thought of me and my decisions anyway. Why don't we both take care of this unruly mess of ours, and each other too.
[He smiles, just for her something soft, a little hopeful, and very real.]
But in the end, the decision is yours. Whatever you decide, we'll be here with you on this glimmering road to the future.