[Light stares for a moment, a response already burning on the tip of his tongue.
But it wasn't self explanatory, Teru.
Long anxious nights spent wordlessly holding each other, wondering when something would become too much, steeling himself for the day Teru would say the dreaded words: I'm sorry, but I can't do this anymore and having to force a smile and say that he understood through grit teeth.
Those days might feel like an eternity ago, and perhaps by now Teru's claim may have a ring of truth to it, but a part of him can't and won't accept anything about Teru as a given.
Light is still staring. And by now he's stared a little too long for any affirmative response to be remotely convincing. Instead, he wordlessly wraps his arms around his boyfriend and holds him tightly.]
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But it wasn't self explanatory, Teru.
Long anxious nights spent wordlessly holding each other, wondering when something would become too much, steeling himself for the day Teru would say the dreaded words: I'm sorry, but I can't do this anymore and having to force a smile and say that he understood through grit teeth.
Those days might feel like an eternity ago, and perhaps by now Teru's claim may have a ring of truth to it, but a part of him can't and won't accept anything about Teru as a given.
Light is still staring. And by now he's stared a little too long for any affirmative response to be remotely convincing. Instead, he wordlessly wraps his arms around his boyfriend and holds him tightly.]