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HELLO

"..."

GOODBYE

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[selfconcept]

[ Hien looks down at it and then back up at Elysium's face. ]

"Do you regret it?"

[transmit]

[ Please stop looking at him. You're going to wear out his face.

…

He closes his palm with a sigh. ]

I don't plan on giving it to anyone. Period.

[ even if in that moment, he'd really wanted to. ]

[selfconcept]

[ Hien nods and reaches out to gently pat Elysium's head. ]

"That's all I wanted to know. Are you feeling better?"

[transmit]

[ why does he feel like a child being told they did a good job… ]

… Yeah. This isn't supposed to happen all that often, if you're wondering.

[selfconcept]

"That's good to hear. I'd never want you to be in serious pain."

[ Hien would normally ask more about the illness, but he figures that with everything Elysium said in their past conversations, he gets the feeling that it's not something curable and that it's an inevitable. He can relate to that somewhat--it may not be an illness, but time doesn't stop for anyone. Not Elysium. Not Hien. No one.

He gently pats Elysium's head some more, fingers running through his hair and he quietly breathes out. What comes next is a hand caressing the side of Elysium's face and presses a small, chaste kiss on the lips. It doesn't last long.

The man before him disappears in the blink of an eye, but the warmth lingers. ]