...I don't know. If everything is just going to go back to the way it was I—
[ He doesn't mean to pull away from Nai, but he does all the same as he draws in on himself, still pressed against Nai but smaller somehow, curled out of his reach and if there's something wet against the skin between Nai's shoulderblades, it's probably best to ignore it. ]
I don't want to lose you again.
[ There's a lot else he doesn't want to lose. His friends here, Meryl and the others. But there's certainly one relationship, one giant thread that's finally woven its way back into the tattered tapestry of his life and that's his brother. They still argue, still bicker, but it's nothing like before. Beyond that, they've woven a new little story in their shared tapestry, the color and shape of it spreading over so much of the worn fabric that it makes the rest of it that much stronger. ]
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[ He doesn't mean to pull away from Nai, but he does all the same as he draws in on himself, still pressed against Nai but smaller somehow, curled out of his reach and if there's something wet against the skin between Nai's shoulderblades, it's probably best to ignore it. ]
I don't want to lose you again.
[ There's a lot else he doesn't want to lose. His friends here, Meryl and the others. But there's certainly one relationship, one giant thread that's finally woven its way back into the tattered tapestry of his life and that's his brother. They still argue, still bicker, but it's nothing like before. Beyond that, they've woven a new little story in their shared tapestry, the color and shape of it spreading over so much of the worn fabric that it makes the rest of it that much stronger. ]