[ so... that's what it was? and for a moment leo thinks well, I— don't know, because feeling trapped is the worst, isn't it? because he'd never been pulled between knights and his family, they just kind of always meshed together (enough that there was the bad thing where he sometimes used one to support and distract him over hesitations with the other), and—
—and that's so much further than he was thinking. america, that is. his kingdom is here, tsukasa is supposed to be here, with him, with knights.
(but things change, he knows, and what goes around comes around, so maybe this is some kind of belated karma? )
he swallows the lump in his throat.
swallows the "well, don't go? stay with me of course!" which is simplistic and childish and if that's the answer tsukasa was looking for, he wouldn't have come here. well, he almost swallows that. it comes through, kind of, in the way leo moves when he finally does; when he shifts to allow one of his hands to meet tsukasa's, in the way when he speaks again, it's to say: ]
Calm down, first. It's— not for sure yet, huh? You said might, after all...
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—and that's so much further than he was thinking. america, that is. his kingdom is here, tsukasa is supposed to be here, with him, with knights.
(but things change, he knows, and what goes around comes around, so maybe this is some kind of belated karma? )
he swallows the lump in his throat.
swallows the "well, don't go? stay with me of course!" which is simplistic and childish and if that's the answer tsukasa was looking for, he wouldn't have come here. well, he almost swallows that. it comes through, kind of, in the way leo moves when he finally does; when he shifts to allow one of his hands to meet tsukasa's, in the way when he speaks again, it's to say: ]
Calm down, first. It's— not for sure yet, huh? You said might, after all...
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