( He should've just kept lying. Life was easier when he was just turned fifteen, thought normal peoples' feelings didn't matter compared to his own, and didn't have any silly realizations about that.
Natsume reaches for Hiro's hand again — his wrist, actually. Despite it being closer to Hiro, it feels less intimate a gesture. )
...I'm having to apologize to both of YOU. ( And Natsume doesn't like apologies - he doesn't like having to admit when he's wrong - but a magician is meant to guide others to happiness, and he's fully aware he hasn't done either of them that service. He can already feel the scolding he'd be getting if any of his seniors were here— ) Neither of you have to accept my apoloGIES, but I do mean THEM.
( Natsume lets the hope meat slide off onto the ground, nary a flinch when it fwumps there, and lets Hiro's wrist go — he scoots back some, but he isn't leaving; he's just giving Hiro space. )
I want to start oVER, ( quiet, ) and become good friends with YOU, Hiro-kun. Maya-chan, too. Not for informaTION, but because I... like talking to you TWO.
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Natsume reaches for Hiro's hand again — his wrist, actually. Despite it being closer to Hiro, it feels less intimate a gesture. )
...I'm having to apologize to both of YOU. ( And Natsume doesn't like apologies - he doesn't like having to admit when he's wrong - but a magician is meant to guide others to happiness, and he's fully aware he hasn't done either of them that service. He can already feel the scolding he'd be getting if any of his seniors were here— ) Neither of you have to accept my apoloGIES, but I do mean THEM.
( Natsume lets the hope meat slide off onto the ground, nary a flinch when it fwumps there, and lets Hiro's wrist go — he scoots back some, but he isn't leaving; he's just giving Hiro space. )
I want to start oVER, ( quiet, ) and become good friends with YOU, Hiro-kun. Maya-chan, too. Not for informaTION, but because I... like talking to you TWO.