[ shouting.. he was shouting? he was. that's why his throat feels raw, his voice rough as crushed gravel. ]
Yeah.
[ there's no reason to deny it - cyno isn't too proud to admit it, and besides, tighnari would see through a fib in an instant. cyno's not in the habit of telling lies, even little white ones. tighnari's fingers close over the back of his dry, cracked knuckles, and cyno nearly flinches away reflexively, his hand still quaking beneath his friend's touch.
it's not often that cyno feels shame, but.. he's certainly feeling something like it, right now. he trusts tighnari completely, fully, even at a time like this, but he simply does not wear vulnerability well. cyno's eyes flick toward tighnari, shadows flitting behind them, his hand beneath tighnari's turning almost of its own volition, weaving their fingers together. ]
Sorry for waking you. I'll be all right. I just.. need a moment.
[ a moment to swallow his pounding heart back down to where it should be, a moment to breathe, to wipe the sweat from his brow. ]
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Date: 2022-11-16 09:44 pm (UTC)Yeah.
[ there's no reason to deny it - cyno isn't too proud to admit it, and besides, tighnari would see through a fib in an instant. cyno's not in the habit of telling lies, even little white ones. tighnari's fingers close over the back of his dry, cracked knuckles, and cyno nearly flinches away reflexively, his hand still quaking beneath his friend's touch.
it's not often that cyno feels shame, but.. he's certainly feeling something like it, right now. he trusts tighnari completely, fully, even at a time like this, but he simply does not wear vulnerability well. cyno's eyes flick toward tighnari, shadows flitting behind them, his hand beneath tighnari's turning almost of its own volition, weaving their fingers together. ]
Sorry for waking you. I'll be all right. I just.. need a moment.
[ a moment to swallow his pounding heart back down to where it should be, a moment to breathe, to wipe the sweat from his brow. ]