[When the hell did that happen? They've kept distant from one another, sure, but he at least knew that Guy had been on some mission for like a month. This must be new.]
...Whatever. Come to the bar in the middle of town, then. And don't tell Guy you're meeting with me.
[He'd have honestly liked to refuse entirely, to shut Luke out the way he did with everyone else these days. It was easier to avoid it, easier to just not let himself get hurt anymore. This'll be the fourth time, after all.
But he's been feeling healthier lately, while Luke was gone, and now that he's back Asch wants to see for himself what might change. Whether he'll feel that pull again, that sharp wrenching in his heart that he knows will eventually kill him again. He tells himself that that's the true, logical reason for making this choice.
He also knows it's total nonsense, but at least he has... an excuse. Or something like it.]
~the level of do not want is unparalleled~
[When the hell did that happen? They've kept distant from one another, sure, but he at least knew that Guy had been on some mission for like a month. This must be new.]
...Whatever. Come to the bar in the middle of town, then. And don't tell Guy you're meeting with me.
[He'd have honestly liked to refuse entirely, to shut Luke out the way he did with everyone else these days. It was easier to avoid it, easier to just not let himself get hurt anymore. This'll be the fourth time, after all.
But he's been feeling healthier lately, while Luke was gone, and now that he's back Asch wants to see for himself what might change. Whether he'll feel that pull again, that sharp wrenching in his heart that he knows will eventually kill him again. He tells himself that that's the true, logical reason for making this choice.
He also knows it's total nonsense, but at least he has... an excuse. Or something like it.]