[ There is something in how he says that... Something in how tragic the once Hero King's—King in more sense than one—own expression is. So gentle and calm, yet something saddened there as well. So very much how Sion ever was, and yet..
You don't remember him, do you? Sion, who Allen had once forgotten... and who Allen had promised to never forget again.
Somehow it never occurred to Allen—forgotten as he had been back on Earth by both Lux and Lavi, who was used to never being remembered by anyone these past three months since last they were in Enprise... it never occurred to him that Sion might also forget him.
So when the other man lays his hand so gently along his jaw, with such familiarity even though it's obvious he doesn't truly recall him.. Allen's expression is slack and even if Sion doesn't cry, it's certainly enough to cause his own eyes to well. Ever the same. Even if you forgot him, you still—
He makes a bit of a choked sound, something that's covered up as a weak sort of laugh as he scrubs for a moment at the side of his face Sion didn't touch. ]
Isn't it obvious? [ Don't you dare tease him for sounding so raw even as he huffs..! Because though he ruffles in response to the light tease, the sobriety of what Sion said isn't lost on him. That chilling reveal:
"When I feared the monster I would become, and abandoned my closest, dearest friends in the hope of shielding them from path I was destined to walk alone--..."
It almost sets him back a pace, dry-mouthed, how he speaks of that. And for a moment Allen isn't sure if he's speaking of himself... or him. Yet.. it makes him all the more certain in his response, his gaze lifted to meet Sion's own gold ones squarely, even as bright with what's unshed as they are—
And to respond in kind, with yes, heartache—but such a truly glad if cracked sort of smile as well. ]
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You don't remember him, do you? Sion, who Allen had once forgotten... and who Allen had promised to never forget again.
Somehow it never occurred to Allen—forgotten as he had been back on Earth by both Lux and Lavi, who was used to never being remembered by anyone these past three months since last they were in Enprise... it never occurred to him that Sion might also forget him.
So when the other man lays his hand so gently along his jaw, with such familiarity even though it's obvious he doesn't truly recall him.. Allen's expression is slack and even if Sion doesn't cry, it's certainly enough to cause his own eyes to well. Ever the same. Even if you forgot him, you still—
He makes a bit of a choked sound, something that's covered up as a weak sort of laugh as he scrubs for a moment at the side of his face Sion didn't touch. ]
Isn't it obvious? [ Don't you dare tease him for sounding so raw even as he huffs..! Because though he ruffles in response to the light tease, the sobriety of what Sion said isn't lost on him. That chilling reveal:
"When I feared the monster I would become, and abandoned my closest, dearest friends in the hope of shielding them from path I was destined to walk alone--..."
It almost sets him back a pace, dry-mouthed, how he speaks of that. And for a moment Allen isn't sure if he's speaking of himself... or him. Yet.. it makes him all the more certain in his response, his gaze lifted to meet Sion's own gold ones squarely, even as bright with what's unshed as they are—
And to respond in kind, with yes, heartache—but such a truly glad if cracked sort of smile as well. ]
You're still the idiot I promised I'd save.