[Levity sits down, but the touch to his waist makes him tense up. It's not quite close enough to his stomach to send him into a full flashback, but it's still--
Still--
He breathes out carefully, putting his hand on her tail to pull it away gently. It breaks his heart to do so, to be unable to be affectionate with his loved ones anymore, but he knows it would hurt D.Va even more if he tries to force himself to endure it.]
[ summoning her aibou, cujo, she orders him to fetch them a couple different kinds of doritos. and some mountain dew! and then... oh. she doesn't know how she keeps just... forgetting. it's a habit. being close to people, but she absolutely does *not* want to force him to endure it, because seeing him uncomfortable is breaking her heart. ]
[ she lets him move it away and she, instead, curls it around herself, constricting more tightly that she probably meant. ]
Don't apologize.
Is there... anything I can do to help ease the pain?
Re: day 328
[Levity sits down, but the touch to his waist makes him tense up. It's not quite close enough to his stomach to send him into a full flashback, but it's still--
Still--
He breathes out carefully, putting his hand on her tail to pull it away gently. It breaks his heart to do so, to be unable to be affectionate with his loved ones anymore, but he knows it would hurt D.Va even more if he tries to force himself to endure it.]
I'm sorry, Di...
Re: day 328
[ she lets him move it away and she, instead, curls it around herself, constricting more tightly that she probably meant. ]
Don't apologize.
Is there... anything I can do to help ease the pain?