[ His hand moves from Inigo's cheek to around his back as he comes in close; not immediately, but eventually, eyes closing to the warmth of their proximity. ]
Okay.
[ Okay. It's taken time for him to accept, but - he's ready for it, he's sure. If he doesn't want to lose anyone to non-existence, then how can he say the same for himself? And in front of Inigo, after assuring him that he'll never give up on him. Couldn't. Wouldn't.
It might have something to do with how they're positioned now; what the last few days - the week - has been. But, with the two of them like this...
Tidus tugs his arm more around Inigo's shoulders and pulls him down, body against body. Inigo nearer to him to embrace than they'd been on their sides, but he wants this. The two of them, the comfort of their connection, their body heat. He lets his cheek come to rest on Inigo's; a nicer place, more likely, for their heads to be. ]
I want a life too, [ he admits, a fact that threatens to make his eyes sting again with fresh tears if he isn't careful. ] I just want to be...me.
[ With a sky, a weather, with someone warm in his bed, with a life to look forward to.
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Okay.
[ Okay. It's taken time for him to accept, but - he's ready for it, he's sure. If he doesn't want to lose anyone to non-existence, then how can he say the same for himself? And in front of Inigo, after assuring him that he'll never give up on him. Couldn't. Wouldn't.
It might have something to do with how they're positioned now; what the last few days - the week - has been. But, with the two of them like this...
Tidus tugs his arm more around Inigo's shoulders and pulls him down, body against body. Inigo nearer to him to embrace than they'd been on their sides, but he wants this. The two of them, the comfort of their connection, their body heat. He lets his cheek come to rest on Inigo's; a nicer place, more likely, for their heads to be. ]
I want a life too, [ he admits, a fact that threatens to make his eyes sting again with fresh tears if he isn't careful. ] I just want to be...me.
[ With a sky, a weather, with someone warm in his bed, with a life to look forward to.
Who could want anything else? ]