Allen smiles very quietly at that, in a gentle and sad-sweet kind of way, more relieved than he could say, before he gives a nod and leans in to kiss his cheek. The corner of his mouth that he so often likes to kiss and insists isn't him "missing". Lingering in a long and meaningful kind of way where he tries to offer what comfort he can while also taking comfort himself in the way that Shouto steadies himself now. One moment to breathe and collect themselves before moving forward. It isn't fair that it's like that, but they don't have the luxury for more than that right now, and it's part of a guilt that continues to eat at him.
I'm so sorry. I never wanted you to be exposed to this. ]
Let's keep going. [ So they can escape this nightmare and go-- ]
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Allen smiles very quietly at that, in a gentle and sad-sweet kind of way, more relieved than he could say, before he gives a nod and leans in to kiss his cheek. The corner of his mouth that he so often likes to kiss and insists isn't him "missing". Lingering in a long and meaningful kind of way where he tries to offer what comfort he can while also taking comfort himself in the way that Shouto steadies himself now. One moment to breathe and collect themselves before moving forward. It isn't fair that it's like that, but they don't have the luxury for more than that right now, and it's part of a guilt that continues to eat at him.
I'm so sorry. I never wanted you to be exposed to this. ]
Let's keep going. [ So they can escape this nightmare and go-- ]