"No need to wait that long. I'm right here," he jokes.
The air doesn't last. Remembering the promise he made, and what it meant, is bittersweet. It's a loss of its own flavor to displace Yukimura from his status as Bunta's Most Important Person, and that change is one he's still working through. Grief isn't regret, though, and his conviction that this is the right choice, true both to Yukimura's wishes and to his own values, keeps his expression steady and his voice confident.
Subconsciously, his fingertips gently curl against the firm muscle in Jackal's shoulder anyway.
"I'm gonna do this properly, Jackal. Being a fiancé."
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The air doesn't last. Remembering the promise he made, and what it meant, is bittersweet. It's a loss of its own flavor to displace Yukimura from his status as Bunta's Most Important Person, and that change is one he's still working through. Grief isn't regret, though, and his conviction that this is the right choice, true both to Yukimura's wishes and to his own values, keeps his expression steady and his voice confident.
Subconsciously, his fingertips gently curl against the firm muscle in Jackal's shoulder anyway.
"I'm gonna do this properly, Jackal. Being a fiancé."