[ This time it doesn't hurt his chest the way it did back there, at the end of the mission. This time he gets it - Inigo knows that he's spurred on by the heavy emotions of any platform day, let alone the particular platform day where his mother walked off the train and through the gates, to a destination unknown.
It can wait until later. He can wait until later, even though just that 'later' makes his heart hop a little bit. ]
I won't feel bad about it.
[ His voice is a little quiet as he says it, but he means it. Especially since Tidus is saying he'll do the same. It feels extra important today, or they'll just weigh themselves down with even more negative feelings. They ought to try and cast off everything they can.
But he doesn't want to leave it at just that. Inigo tries to shift a little, making sure he can clearly look at Tidus, rather than staring at something else like the way Tidus's eyes seem glued to his chest. (It's shifting in such a way that he doesn't release Tidus from the embrace though. He wants to hold him a little longer, stay like this a little longer..
.. but he does have something important to add in response to what Tidus himself is saying. ]
And I-- I know. That you don't need to be. [ Inigo knows Tidus wouldn't ask for it, that he - perhaps more than anyone - understands and respects the place Yuki held or holds in his heart, even though Tidus hardly knew the guy before he disappeared off the train.
But even so.. Inigo knows the truth contained within his own heart.
He sniffs, the tears still pricking at his eyes. ]
But you already are.
[ That special. That important.
Inigo wouldn't want him to doubt that, not even for a moment. ]
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It can wait until later. He can wait until later, even though just that 'later' makes his heart hop a little bit. ]
I won't feel bad about it.
[ His voice is a little quiet as he says it, but he means it. Especially since Tidus is saying he'll do the same. It feels extra important today, or they'll just weigh themselves down with even more negative feelings. They ought to try and cast off everything they can.
But he doesn't want to leave it at just that. Inigo tries to shift a little, making sure he can clearly look at Tidus, rather than staring at something else like the way Tidus's eyes seem glued to his chest. (It's shifting in such a way that he doesn't release Tidus from the embrace though. He wants to hold him a little longer, stay like this a little longer..
.. but he does have something important to add in response to what Tidus himself is saying. ]
And I-- I know. That you don't need to be. [ Inigo knows Tidus wouldn't ask for it, that he - perhaps more than anyone - understands and respects the place Yuki held or holds in his heart, even though Tidus hardly knew the guy before he disappeared off the train.
But even so.. Inigo knows the truth contained within his own heart.
He sniffs, the tears still pricking at his eyes. ]
But you already are.
[ That special. That important.
Inigo wouldn't want him to doubt that, not even for a moment. ]