Hopefully not, but just in case it does, I'm sure you'll be able to make the best of it.
[ Dokja has come to understand Xie Lian enough to know information like this will come in handy if the situation calls for it. He doesn't fight off or shift his hand when the man comes to settle the bandage over his palm. Rather, he keeps still, allowing him to tend to it if need be.
He does look momentarily surprised when he brings up that day. ] ..Ah. I trusted that idiot to not have died. Were it earlier in the timeline... maybe. But the current Yoo Joonghyuk is far too hardheaded, he would have stubbornly denied death even until the very end. He could have been on his death bed and he would've hung on enough in time to get back here.
[ And the reader certainly sounds sure of his words. Confident. Strong believing. However, for a split moment, there was hesitation when he saw that body collapse over. And he had to shake himself from that moment of weakness when their bodies came collapsing in. He has to bite back a sigh at that feeling coming back. He manages to straighten himself more, recompose as he catches that assurance. ]
he soothes the bandage over his palm carefully, ensuring that the edges stick, and listens, as kim dokja talks about joonghyuk. the bit about him being hard headed makes xie lian smile wryly, the corner of his mouth lifting as he considers it. because. yeah. yjh sure be like that. ]
...I think... even if you are used to it - as the two of you are... [ considering the memories he's seen. he keeps his hand on kim dokja's for a moment. ] It is still hard to watch someone you care for come back in such a way.
[ xie lian gives his hand a little squeeze and releases it. sincere. ] To know someone important to you was injured, or even killed, and know there was nothing you could have done to stop it - that is the cruelest pain in the world. There is no shame in feeling worried or afraid.
His gaze settles on that bandage, especially when that hand stills and neither of them moves. His expression remains mostly composed but the mention about watching someone... he laughs just a little. ]
I've read his story for about ten years. I've seen him come back from worse, and even times that he doesn't come back.. he would start again with more determination than before.
[ The little squeeze does have his gaze flicker up, lowering his hand when Xie Lian releases it. ]
You don't have to worry about me, really. I'm alright. So is Yoo Joonghyuk.
[ He says, but Xie Lian isn't entirely wrong. There was a brief moment of worry when he saw him- a slight sense of fear that he hadn't felt in... quite some time. The idea of suddenly one day no longer being able to see him. But he doesn't say it, he doesn't admit it. ]
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Hopefully not, but just in case it does, I'm sure you'll be able to make the best of it.
[ Dokja has come to understand Xie Lian enough to know information like this will come in handy if the situation calls for it. He doesn't fight off or shift his hand when the man comes to settle the bandage over his palm. Rather, he keeps still, allowing him to tend to it if need be.
He does look momentarily surprised when he brings up that day. ] ..Ah. I trusted that idiot to not have died. Were it earlier in the timeline... maybe. But the current Yoo Joonghyuk is far too hardheaded, he would have stubbornly denied death even until the very end. He could have been on his death bed and he would've hung on enough in time to get back here.
[ And the reader certainly sounds sure of his words. Confident. Strong believing. However, for a split moment, there was hesitation when he saw that body collapse over. And he had to shake himself from that moment of weakness when their bodies came collapsing in. He has to bite back a sigh at that feeling coming back. He manages to straighten himself more, recompose as he catches that assurance. ]
I'll keep that in mind. Thank you.
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he soothes the bandage over his palm carefully, ensuring that the edges stick, and listens, as kim dokja talks about joonghyuk. the bit about him being hard headed makes xie lian smile wryly, the corner of his mouth lifting as he considers it. because. yeah. yjh sure be like that. ]
...I think... even if you are used to it - as the two of you are... [ considering the memories he's seen. he keeps his hand on kim dokja's for a moment. ] It is still hard to watch someone you care for come back in such a way.
[ xie lian gives his hand a little squeeze and releases it. sincere. ] To know someone important to you was injured, or even killed, and know there was nothing you could have done to stop it - that is the cruelest pain in the world. There is no shame in feeling worried or afraid.
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His gaze settles on that bandage, especially when that hand stills and neither of them moves. His expression remains mostly composed but the mention about watching someone... he laughs just a little. ]
I've read his story for about ten years. I've seen him come back from worse, and even times that he doesn't come back.. he would start again with more determination than before.
[ The little squeeze does have his gaze flicker up, lowering his hand when Xie Lian releases it. ]
You don't have to worry about me, really. I'm alright. So is Yoo Joonghyuk.
[ He says, but Xie Lian isn't entirely wrong. There was a brief moment of worry when he saw him- a slight sense of fear that he hadn't felt in... quite some time. The idea of suddenly one day no longer being able to see him. But he doesn't say it, he doesn't admit it. ]