[Ryou meets him halfway, wraps both of his too-long arms around Atem while his still-purple tail re-winds itself around Atem's leg. He stays that way for a long time and says nothing, but Atem will likely hear his heartbeat even out, ever so slowly. It feels like an eternity before he finally murmurs something against Atem's shoulder.]
Thanks.
[Simple, definitely still numb...but better than he was.]
Are you okay?
[It's spoken out of concern, truly. Ryou's been worried about Atem for a while, but kept putting it on himself to try and mitigate the vitriol, rather than actually ask his boyfriend.
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Thanks.
[Simple, definitely still numb...but better than he was.]
Are you okay?
[It's spoken out of concern, truly. Ryou's been worried about Atem for a while, but kept putting it on himself to try and mitigate the vitriol, rather than actually ask his boyfriend.
A lot of good that did.]