He knew the answer even before Reno said it; he’d known the answer since first seeing him. And yet, the way Reno looked at him… searched him… It made his chest constrict and he lowered his gaze. Because he wanted, more than anything, to think things were already. That he could look at Reno and finally… finally…
“It’s all right,” Kyo murmured. “I knew you weren’t.” He intended for it to be just that. But a hand… A hand settled on his cheek and Kyo jerked his eyes up, staring at Reno in a rushing surge of everything he’d forgotten, everything he’d been reminded of. Fear, affection, anger, love, surprise, relief. So much of it. From that one stupid touch. He couldn’t have pushed him away if he wanted to. The cat tilted his head into the Turk’s palm, pressing against his hand firmly.
“Tsk, we didn’t have a choice,” he muttered, bitterness at being pulled away from Reno again. Tan fingers wrapped around the other man’s and he tightened his grip, almost painfully. A year. So that’s how long it’d been. He couldn’t describe what it was like for him right now. Like waking up twice in the same night from long dreams that felt so real… and now another one.
“Don’t--… Just… don’t apologize.” Because Kyo knew what was coming next. He hated it. But there was nothing he could do about it. “It’s fine.”
No, it wasn’t fine. And yet, it happened. Whatever it was had happened. Hadn’t it…
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“It’s all right,” Kyo murmured. “I knew you weren’t.” He intended for it to be just that. But a hand… A hand settled on his cheek and Kyo jerked his eyes up, staring at Reno in a rushing surge of everything he’d forgotten, everything he’d been reminded of. Fear, affection, anger, love, surprise, relief. So much of it. From that one stupid touch. He couldn’t have pushed him away if he wanted to. The cat tilted his head into the Turk’s palm, pressing against his hand firmly.
“Tsk, we didn’t have a choice,” he muttered, bitterness at being pulled away from Reno again. Tan fingers wrapped around the other man’s and he tightened his grip, almost painfully. A year. So that’s how long it’d been. He couldn’t describe what it was like for him right now. Like waking up twice in the same night from long dreams that felt so real… and now another one.
“Don’t--… Just… don’t apologize.” Because Kyo knew what was coming next. He hated it. But there was nothing he could do about it. “It’s fine.”
No, it wasn’t fine. And yet, it happened. Whatever it was had happened. Hadn’t it…