[It's little things like seeing that faint hint of Lavi's breath running a little shallow, hearing that thread of tension in his partner's voice that remind Kanda that whatever this is between them - it hadn't been one-sided.
Lavi had been just as affected, had wanted something else, that nebulous something more, just as much as Kanda had in that moment.
That they'd both been worn down and forced to face the reality between them, how it had shifted.
Granted, the affirmation wasn't going to give him any other degree of clarity as Lavi pulls away, throws himself in the search for a gem amongst the tomes, but it does calm the myriad of questions and doubts that had been plaguing him this evening.
Glancing to the shopkeeper, he nods and follows his partner at a much more sedate pace, his fingers absently running along the spines before him.]
Isn't 'antique' just a nicer way of saying old? Means the same thing.
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Lavi had been just as affected, had wanted something else, that nebulous something more, just as much as Kanda had in that moment.
That they'd both been worn down and forced to face the reality between them, how it had shifted.
Granted, the affirmation wasn't going to give him any other degree of clarity as Lavi pulls away, throws himself in the search for a gem amongst the tomes, but it does calm the myriad of questions and doubts that had been plaguing him this evening.
Glancing to the shopkeeper, he nods and follows his partner at a much more sedate pace, his fingers absently running along the spines before him.]
Isn't 'antique' just a nicer way of saying old? Means the same thing.