Only for a few seconds. Was worried about breaking the mirror. [ adder murmured, trying to dispel even just a little of the tension curling around them. he didn't really have the luxury to breakdown for long, not while things were so murky. so, yes, he understood the fear and worry but they needed to move away from it and carry on to await the next ploy. the titans were still out there and it unnerved him more than he wanted to admit to. what were they planning? what would happen next?

flexing his fingers, the pain flared but not as badly. ]

I feel a little less agony. [ a soft confession but he still wanted to keep to himself how much all of it hurt. the chill bothered him the most anyway. ]

[ the tears really were a surprise since he never cried. another piece of the mystery to what he feared to be his new reality. but it couldn't be, right? he had to be wrong about it and if not needed to find a way to reverse it somehow. ]

I believe you. [ they would both do anything for one another and he knew better than to try to talk hyunki out of it. no sense in upsetting him more. ]

Will you take the bath with me? [ he asked, almost pleaded because he needed to keep close to hyunki. if he kept his hands on him things would be okay. the tears stopped for the time being but he knew they would return all too soon. there were decades and decades of built up things within him. ]

Just - don't leave. [ it wasn't like him to be so clingy and needy but he just couldn't help it at the moment. ]