[ Well, that's not quite the reaction he expected to his question. Of course he knows that Eiri doesn't truly dislike him, despite him asking it just now. There's no way they could've gotten this far if that were the case, after all - then Eiri wouldn't have tried so hard for him, especially at the moment he needed it the most.
But Eiri actually admitting out loud - more or less - and moving to ruffle his hair like that..
It's warm and nice to receive the affection, but it's also just oddly adorable to see Eiri trying to scrawl out of his tsunshell a little bit to do this. He knows it's not easy for the other - mostly since Haku himself never makes it easy on him. ]
I don't dislike you either.
[ Even though it's obviously more than that, judging by the smile that lingers on Haku's lips and a small meaningful tilt of his head to the side. He's mostly echoing the way Eiri replied to the question, like he's echoing back to him "you mean as much to me as I mean to you", just to make it more embarrassing by implying that he knows. And that it's okay, since Eiri means the world to him when it comes down to it.
It's why it's really hard to stop himself. Haku moves down to press his lips against the other's again, although this time - if he won't immediately get shoved away again, anyway - he lingers a little bit more instead of making it a quick peck.
In return, he's at least not being too embarrassing about it, or doing it too strongly right away. If anything, there's something surprisingly gentle about the way he does it, like he's (for once in his life) going out of his way to make sure he doesn't scare off Eiri immediately. Like he's actually trying to convey something here with the way his lips softly move against Eiri's own.
(That there's so much he's grateful for, and so much he has to apologize for, too. That he's happy that Eiri is his Messiah, that he doesn't even know how to thank him for not giving up on him, for pulling him back at his worst moment, that he apologizes for the fact that Eiri had to take five bullets or so just because of his association with him.)
But actual five year old Haku Mitsuni is just as bad sometimes at actually saying the things that matter as much as Eiri is, so this way it is. ]
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But Eiri actually admitting out loud - more or less - and moving to ruffle his hair like that..
It's warm and nice to receive the affection, but it's also just oddly adorable to see Eiri trying to scrawl out of his tsunshell a little bit to do this. He knows it's not easy for the other - mostly since Haku himself never makes it easy on him. ]
I don't dislike you either.
[ Even though it's obviously more than that, judging by the smile that lingers on Haku's lips and a small meaningful tilt of his head to the side. He's mostly echoing the way Eiri replied to the question, like he's echoing back to him "you mean as much to me as I mean to you", just to make it more embarrassing by implying that he knows. And that it's okay, since Eiri means the world to him when it comes down to it.
It's why it's really hard to stop himself. Haku moves down to press his lips against the other's again, although this time - if he won't immediately get shoved away again, anyway - he lingers a little bit more instead of making it a quick peck.
In return, he's at least not being too embarrassing about it, or doing it too strongly right away. If anything, there's something surprisingly gentle about the way he does it, like he's (for once in his life) going out of his way to make sure he doesn't scare off Eiri immediately. Like he's actually trying to convey something here with the way his lips softly move against Eiri's own.
(That there's so much he's grateful for, and so much he has to apologize for, too. That he's happy that Eiri is his Messiah, that he doesn't even know how to thank him for not giving up on him, for pulling him back at his worst moment, that he apologizes for the fact that Eiri had to take five bullets or so just because of his association with him.)
But actual five year old Haku Mitsuni is just as bad sometimes at actually saying the things that matter as much as Eiri is, so this way it is. ]