[ It's because their Soulmates--in the practical, weirdly logical sense--that he's able to pierce through so many dense layers of doubt, guilt and self-loathing as easily as he does. He cheats of course, because Hibiki knows she can't hide much from an empath, but it's times like this that make her realize that there isn't much fight in her. Each time he presses his lips against her is disarming, like he's silently telling her not to fight for once.
Maybe it's okay to let some feelings stay above the surface, instead of pushing them deep into the earth.
A brief flutter of indignation telegraphed through their shared link as he calls her stubborn (like he's ruffled her feathers? how ironic), Hibiki shifts to rest the side of her head to his chest. Her cheeks still damp, the stinging in her eyes present but dying down, his words are punctuated by the sound of breathing and the subtle rise and fall with each breath. She can feel his words like this as he murmurs them softly into her hair.
Hibiki doesn't want to hear it... so she won't. Not right now. Curling into him as he embraces her tighter, whispering the same thing he had after reuniting in the Shadowlands, Hibiki closes her eyes. This horrible cheater. He knows the right thing to say in order to pierce through her defenses. ]
...Only if you promise you won't either. I need you here with me, Kaito. [ Hibiki hesitates, closing her eyes as she takes a breath. ]
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Maybe it's okay to let some feelings stay above the surface, instead of pushing them deep into the earth.
A brief flutter of indignation telegraphed through their shared link as he calls her stubborn (like he's ruffled her feathers? how ironic), Hibiki shifts to rest the side of her head to his chest. Her cheeks still damp, the stinging in her eyes present but dying down, his words are punctuated by the sound of breathing and the subtle rise and fall with each breath. She can feel his words like this as he murmurs them softly into her hair.
D̶o̵n̷'̴t̶ ̸g̴e̷t̵ ̸u̷s̵e̶d̸ ̴t̴o̷ ̴t̷h̵i̷s̸,̴ ̶i̸t̴ ̴c̸o̸u̷l̷d̷ ̷a̷l̸l̸ ̶b̵e̴ ̴o̷v̵e̶r̸ ̷i̴n̵ ̵a̸n̴ ̶i̸n̸s̸t̶a̴n̴t̵ ̵i̷f̶ ̵y̴o̶u̸ ̴a̴r̸e̵n̵'̷t̴ ̸c̷a̸r̶e̵f̸u̶l̵.̶
Hibiki doesn't want to hear it... so she won't. Not right now. Curling into him as he embraces her tighter, whispering the same thing he had after reuniting in the Shadowlands, Hibiki closes her eyes. This horrible cheater. He knows the right thing to say in order to pierce through her defenses. ]
...Only if you promise you won't either. I need you here with me, Kaito. [ Hibiki hesitates, closing her eyes as she takes a breath. ]
I can't lose someone else I care about.