[Those small decisions also impacted everyone around him... but Kel still wanted to do his very best to keep issues at bay.
There was no turning back and he at least knew Sunny enough to understand the other wasn't some kind of evil creature, nor he had a real intention to hurt anyone. Their lives had just been a string of... unfortunate incidents.]
Mhm...
[He could feel the other tense up and then relax at his words, and... Kel had to admit it. He didn't know what else to do beside reassuring and reassuring Sunny. He didn't do it enough in Faraway and it landed them in the afterlife, so... maybe this was going to help?
Maybe Sunny needed to know that no matter what, he was going to stay loved? Still, he couldn't bring himself to say 'hi, I think I know what happened with Mari' out loud. Everything was miserable as possible already... all he could offer to Sunny was support.
He didn't even know why he hesitated before reaching for the other's head, gently scratching it. This was no real 'friends' stuff between boys, this was siblings stuff level and he had always been a single child so... this was unexplored territory, right? Even with someone like Sunny he always cuddled when they were kids.]
I know you're trying your best, Sunny. I see you... [He closed his eyes for a moment, being careful in how he modulated his tone. He was the older one, he had to sound stable and confident.] And I will be honest with you. I come from... further down the line than you. Or, well, I've been awake while you were not so I have- I had- [A talk with Mari.] Time to process feelings. Emotions. How much I love my friends.
[Maybe, if Sunny felt confident enough, he'd... choose to talk?]
I know things got... intense back home. That being said? I promise you there's nothing you can do or say that will make me stop caring about you. So... if you're struggling? Please, know I'll always be here to listen, kay? And to remind you how loved you are, eeeeeven if I think you'd have to be blind not to notice how everyone in our group already took a shine on you.
Can't escape when you're between Kel's arms, Sunny. All hope is lose.
There was no turning back and he at least knew Sunny enough to understand the other wasn't some kind of evil creature, nor he had a real intention to hurt anyone. Their lives had just been a string of... unfortunate incidents.]
Mhm...
[He could feel the other tense up and then relax at his words, and... Kel had to admit it. He didn't know what else to do beside reassuring and reassuring Sunny. He didn't do it enough in Faraway and it landed them in the afterlife, so... maybe this was going to help?
Maybe Sunny needed to know that no matter what, he was going to stay loved? Still, he couldn't bring himself to say 'hi, I think I know what happened with Mari' out loud. Everything was miserable as possible already... all he could offer to Sunny was support.
He didn't even know why he hesitated before reaching for the other's head, gently scratching it. This was no real 'friends' stuff between boys, this was siblings stuff level and he had always been a single child so... this was unexplored territory, right? Even with someone like Sunny he always cuddled when they were kids.]
I know you're trying your best, Sunny. I see you... [He closed his eyes for a moment, being careful in how he modulated his tone. He was the older one, he had to sound stable and confident.] And I will be honest with you. I come from... further down the line than you. Or, well, I've been awake while you were not so I have- I had- [A talk with Mari.] Time to process feelings. Emotions. How much I love my friends.
[Maybe, if Sunny felt confident enough, he'd... choose to talk?]
I know things got... intense back home. That being said? I promise you there's nothing you can do or say that will make me stop caring about you. So... if you're struggling? Please, know I'll always be here to listen, kay? And to remind you how loved you are, eeeeeven if I think you'd have to be blind not to notice how everyone in our group already took a shine on you.