Oh, it totally was meant to distract him. He was actually very surprised that it...did. Blinking softly, he took a couple of seconds to watch Gaara turned his face away. It was fortunate, for the ninja, that it was so dark that Luke couldn't see the blush. That might have earned a comment...or maybe even just a soft chuckle. The perfect start to a relationship.
Well, he couldn't say he was completely surprised by those words. Though, the fact remained that Luke had only started researching those things for a very specific reason -- he and Gaara had shared that moment on the full moon. As well as the day after. Though, looking back, he had to question just how the ninja knew all of that just from research. Not to mention, he had been in possession of that...one thing.
Falling quiet for a long while (long enough, perhaps, for Gaara to start to think Luke was going to drop it), the replica shifted in his seat. Regardless, "...You didn't say no."
There was a very small -- very wry -- smile after he said that. Was he trying to manipulate Gaara? ...Maybe, a little. But, not with the intention of hurting him. A small part was just determined to find out if he was the first person that the ninja had ever been with. Though, the last part did have his expression softening. After realizing that he likely brought up some pretty unpleasant memories, he quickly began working to try and make up for that...
"You don't have to explain," he said, before he muttered in a lower tone, "The lives we had, before... are part of our history. All the things that we went through, helped to shape us into the people we are. Sometimes, we're not meant to understand. I'd like to think, though... Without the bad, we wouldn't be able to really see or...cherish...the good that comes our way. So, I'm..."
He was very glancing back over to Gaara, before letting a faintly awkward smile play over his lips, "...kind of grateful for all of the things I went through, since it means I didn't have a chance of missing you. Because, you're the best part of my life..."
wow that's unnecessarily mean >:|
Well, he couldn't say he was completely surprised by those words. Though, the fact remained that Luke had only started researching those things for a very specific reason -- he and Gaara had shared that moment on the full moon. As well as the day after. Though, looking back, he had to question just how the ninja knew all of that just from research. Not to mention, he had been in possession of that...one thing.
Falling quiet for a long while (long enough, perhaps, for Gaara to start to think Luke was going to drop it), the replica shifted in his seat. Regardless, "...You didn't say no."
There was a very small -- very wry -- smile after he said that. Was he trying to manipulate Gaara? ...Maybe, a little. But, not with the intention of hurting him. A small part was just determined to find out if he was the first person that the ninja had ever been with. Though, the last part did have his expression softening. After realizing that he likely brought up some pretty unpleasant memories, he quickly began working to try and make up for that...
"You don't have to explain," he said, before he muttered in a lower tone, "The lives we had, before... are part of our history. All the things that we went through, helped to shape us into the people we are. Sometimes, we're not meant to understand. I'd like to think, though... Without the bad, we wouldn't be able to really see or...cherish...the good that comes our way. So, I'm..."
He was very glancing back over to Gaara, before letting a faintly awkward smile play over his lips, "...kind of grateful for all of the things I went through, since it means I didn't have a chance of missing you. Because, you're the best part of my life..."