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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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. ]