[ He doesn't connect two and two well though he can sense his stress. He's not totally dense about these things. He's been out with enough people in his past. Just... not as seriously as this. Yamagi has genuine feelings he needs to be careful with here. He's trying to be conscious of everything he says. ]
Yup! Pretty obvious to me, at least.
[ And that smile of his softens for him. Yamagi's been so worried and maybe Shino's been worried, too. Maybe he's been a little afraid of investing in anything when Yamagi might get hurt. When he might be too ephemeral to bring Yamagi happiness. He's just had so many close calls, he's still afraid of tangible things and Yamagi is right here, too solid and too real.
He keeps on smiling for him, though, and he reaches to ruffle his hair fondly. ]
I can't say I totally know what I'm doing here and I can't say I totally know what it all means or how it works but... either way, let's do our best with this, Yamagi, okay?
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[ He doesn't connect two and two well though he can sense his stress. He's not totally dense about these things. He's been out with enough people in his past. Just... not as seriously as this. Yamagi has genuine feelings he needs to be careful with here. He's trying to be conscious of everything he says. ]
Yup! Pretty obvious to me, at least.
[ And that smile of his softens for him. Yamagi's been so worried and maybe Shino's been worried, too. Maybe he's been a little afraid of investing in anything when Yamagi might get hurt. When he might be too ephemeral to bring Yamagi happiness. He's just had so many close calls, he's still afraid of tangible things and Yamagi is right here, too solid and too real.
He keeps on smiling for him, though, and he reaches to ruffle his hair fondly. ]
I can't say I totally know what I'm doing here and I can't say I totally know what it all means or how it works but... either way, let's do our best with this, Yamagi, okay?