[ There's a momentary Ah on Josh's face when Brother Death mentions that Hikaru will not be hearing this conversation.
It feels a little like being left alone to speak with your significant other's... elder family member. Who is also the abstract construct of The End.
When he does find his tongue to reply though: ] I'm fine with it.
[ The smile he offers might be a little hesitant, but mostly because it's been a while since that Walk he joined you on back when things hadn't changed between him and Hikaru and he's... not entirely sure if smiling is... appropriate? But hey, whatever, right? ]
What Wiseman Tagabigay did for me earlier... [ and his thoughts are flashing briefly to the way he'd faced his inner demon, his insecurities ] ...it helped.
[ He bows his head at that. Holding a dying Hikaru in his hands had felt real, but he'd also understood, once he'd let the emotion bleed out, that his boy was alive and well, and Brother Death's Hour was just one of the many things that he would have to learn to accept and understand as part of that one.
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It feels a little like being left alone to speak with your significant other's... elder family member. Who is also the abstract construct of The End.
When he does find his tongue to reply though: ] I'm fine with it.
[ The smile he offers might be a little hesitant, but mostly because it's been a while since that Walk he joined you on back when things hadn't changed between him and Hikaru and he's... not entirely sure if smiling is... appropriate? But hey, whatever, right? ]
What Wiseman Tagabigay did for me earlier... [ and his thoughts are flashing briefly to the way he'd faced his inner demon, his insecurities ] ...it helped.
[ He bows his head at that. Holding a dying Hikaru in his hands had felt real, but he'd also understood, once he'd let the emotion bleed out, that his boy was alive and well, and Brother Death's Hour was just one of the many things that he would have to learn to accept and understand as part of that one.
Long haul.
I decided I loved him. Me. ]