[ He doesn't say much more than that - doesn't know what more to say. He's still figuring it out himself. He could argue that Ruka has more experience with this than he does, but that's not wholly accurate; he's got as much experience as she does, and it's still odd, complicated even if he's overjoyed to simply be able to see his friend again.
Ruka can always feel him return home, but she can hear him too. He's not subtle in the click of the door, the stomp of his boots, his low voice welcoming the dogs back home. As for what he's feeling?
It's complicated. He's happy. But there's a bittersweetness there too, and a certain timbre of fear that he always carries with him, only magnified, nerves rubbed red and raw. He doesn't waste much time in finding Ruka, wherever she's waiting for him, draping himself over her back, arms resting over her shoulders, cheek bumping against hers. ]
Hey.
[ He's obviously been crying from the redness of his eyes, a residual thickness of his voice as an indication that he'd at least stopped crying a while ago. He doesn't try to hide it anymore. Besides, they're happy tears. Right? ]
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Sounds good
[ He doesn't say much more than that - doesn't know what more to say. He's still figuring it out himself. He could argue that Ruka has more experience with this than he does, but that's not wholly accurate; he's got as much experience as she does, and it's still odd, complicated even if he's overjoyed to simply be able to see his friend again.
Ruka can always feel him return home, but she can hear him too. He's not subtle in the click of the door, the stomp of his boots, his low voice welcoming the dogs back home. As for what he's feeling?
It's complicated. He's happy. But there's a bittersweetness there too, and a certain timbre of fear that he always carries with him, only magnified, nerves rubbed red and raw. He doesn't waste much time in finding Ruka, wherever she's waiting for him, draping himself over her back, arms resting over her shoulders, cheek bumping against hers. ]
Hey.
[ He's obviously been crying from the redness of his eyes, a residual thickness of his voice as an indication that he'd at least stopped crying a while ago. He doesn't try to hide it anymore. Besides, they're happy tears. Right? ]