[ He doesn't want to admit out loud that he's on edge - even if it's Kiyomi and he can at least express some things a little bit easier without feeling like he needs to act tough all the time just to get by, it still feels a little embarrassing to just say it out loud like that. So rather than giving her any verbal reassurance that he'll be fine, Itsuki instead drops the tension from his body, his shoulders getting a little less stiff as she moves her hand across them.
It's just that he can't help but worry when it's about her.. He can see her pain so clearly, and it worries him at times that he'll just make it worse, that he'll give her more of it. That he'll just be another bad experience for her when she deserves so, so much better than that.
His hands stay on her cheeks, but his thumbs move to gently rubs her cheeks, trying to wipe away some of the tear trails that still stick there. Kiyomi is way too pretty to let small things like that ruin it. She's the most beautiful when she genuinely smiles, after all..
He clears his throat a little awkwardly, blushing lightly. He doesn't want to admit a lot of things out loud, so all he can do is talk around it, accepting her this close, wrapping his legs around hers as well. ]
Look at it.. I-.. I just came to talk 'bout some stuff, and then all this happened..
[ At least it doesn't sound like he's being self-depreciating, it's more like a "welp, that escalated quickly" sort of thing. ]
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It's just that he can't help but worry when it's about her.. He can see her pain so clearly, and it worries him at times that he'll just make it worse, that he'll give her more of it. That he'll just be another bad experience for her when she deserves so, so much better than that.
His hands stay on her cheeks, but his thumbs move to gently rubs her cheeks, trying to wipe away some of the tear trails that still stick there. Kiyomi is way too pretty to let small things like that ruin it. She's the most beautiful when she genuinely smiles, after all..
He clears his throat a little awkwardly, blushing lightly. He doesn't want to admit a lot of things out loud, so all he can do is talk around it, accepting her this close, wrapping his legs around hers as well. ]
Look at it.. I-.. I just came to talk 'bout some stuff, and then all this happened..
[ At least it doesn't sound like he's being self-depreciating, it's more like a "welp, that escalated quickly" sort of thing. ]