[ weh. he just looks up at him, masked and all - baraqiel can almost certainly feel the eye contact. xie lian's brows are knit, but he nods. ]
...En. [ still.. he looks a little worried. ] I hope no one has made you too uncomfortable. [ listen baraqiel can do no wrong?? but xie lian can also tell he probably hates this honesty week thing he's not dumb. ]
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[ absolutely doing that thing where he's trying to make it look like he's not listening but he's really, really listening ]
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Baraqiel ah...
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Friends were not something that mattered to me.
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... Still.
[ a pause here, and then.. ] ...Well, we're friends, aren't we?
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... I would hope that much, at least.
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gets up from where he’s settled and comes over?? ]
I - of course we are. We’ve talked of this, haven’t we…? [ DID HE SAY SOMETHING WRONG?? ]
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a moment of hesitation, and then he reaches to tuck a loose piece of hair behind xie lian's ear. ]
We have. You were my first friend, but you have always been so much more than that. The label doesn't encompass everything.
[ he leaves it at that. ]
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...En. [ still.. he looks a little worried. ] I hope no one has made you too uncomfortable. [ listen baraqiel can do no wrong?? but xie lian can also tell he probably hates this honesty week thing he's not dumb. ]