I did. [ Some. He'd gone straight to the mess after Hikaru had given him the brush-off. Had turned his thoughts back to the engagement and the newsfeed that gave him so little in the hopes of wiping out the image of his friend and those bandages and that clock.
Everything he'd taken in had tasted like paper. ]
I promise.
[ He manages a smile that's a little better than the first. But just by a bit. ]
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I did. [ Some. He'd gone straight to the mess after Hikaru had given him the brush-off. Had turned his thoughts back to the engagement and the newsfeed that gave him so little in the hopes of wiping out the image of his friend and those bandages and that clock.
Everything he'd taken in had tasted like paper. ]
I promise.
[ He manages a smile that's a little better than the first. But just by a bit. ]
Have you?