[ i can't say no to you, junpei says, and charles ducks his head, feeling his smile turn into something softer, and knows that the kind of strange flush that he feels, all over, means he'd be absolutely blushing right up to his ears if he was still capable of it — knows it with the same kind of certainty that he knows his heart would be skipping beats right about now.
i can't say no to you, either, he thinks and doesn't say it, swallows it back at the same time as he forces his smile into something else, something less shy, less vulnerable. ]
Sure, [ he says, then, an easy agreement. ] Lanterns, was it? Let's see what those're about, then.
[ he starts to walk as he says that, and maybe he can be excused for succumbing to what he's wanted to do the whole day: reaching out to take junpei's free hand in his, tugging him along with him. ]
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i can't say no to you, either, he thinks and doesn't say it, swallows it back at the same time as he forces his smile into something else, something less shy, less vulnerable. ]
Sure, [ he says, then, an easy agreement. ] Lanterns, was it? Let's see what those're about, then.
[ he starts to walk as he says that, and maybe he can be excused for succumbing to what he's wanted to do the whole day: reaching out to take junpei's free hand in his, tugging him along with him. ]