[That is still always 100% the nicest thing anyone can ever say to Ryou. Therefore perhaps understandably so, the blood rushes to his face, spreading across his cheeks and nose like someone's drawn streaks of darker gray across his features. It's a perfectly normal reaction when your friend's hugging you and saying nice things while you're both hashing out your feelings about this crazy peninsula.
It is absolutely normal to want to stay like this for a little longer and it's just business as usual to think about how nice it would be to put a hand in your friend's hair just to see how it'd feel and if it would help him relax.
Of course...Ryou keeps all of that to himslf because it's not his turn anymore. This is Atem's time to be comforted and held and made to feel important.]
I'll be here for you as long as you need me. You've been here to strengthen me, the least I can do is lend my shoulder when you need it. We are all only human, after all. When it becomes too much...sometimes this kind of thing is what anyone would need.
[Ha...he uhm. He should probably let go of Atem but he doesn't want to be the one breaking their contact. This feels right. Like Ryou's heart has been filled with something warm and soothing that was slowly spilling out to the rest of his body, soft and comforting and good.
He wholeheartedly believes this is just friendship. This is how it feels when it's perfect, he'd just never...had that perfect feeling before. That's all, right?]
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It is absolutely normal to want to stay like this for a little longer and it's just business as usual to think about how nice it would be to put a hand in your friend's hair just to see how it'd feel and if it would help him relax.
Of course...Ryou keeps all of that to himslf because it's not his turn anymore. This is Atem's time to be comforted and held and made to feel important.]
I'll be here for you as long as you need me. You've been here to strengthen me, the least I can do is lend my shoulder when you need it. We are all only human, after all. When it becomes too much...sometimes this kind of thing is what anyone would need.
[Ha...he uhm. He should probably let go of Atem but he doesn't want to be the one breaking their contact. This feels right. Like Ryou's heart has been filled with something warm and soothing that was slowly spilling out to the rest of his body, soft and comforting and good.
He wholeheartedly believes this is just friendship. This is how it feels when it's perfect, he'd just never...had that perfect feeling before. That's all, right?]