[It's frankly unfair, the effect that Alucard has on him. It's no less now than it was three years ago - if anything, the long absence has made Alucard's sudden reappearance hit even harder.
He can't be anything but angry that Alucard left him like that. He can't be anything but happy to see him again. It would be easier, certainly, if Alucard were not still so entrenched in Rhy's heart, if he were not still so very much himself. Despite the changes, this is still the man Rhy fell in love with, harder and more deeply than he ever had before or ever has since.]
You are incorrigible.
[There's the slightest hint of softening in Rhy's expression. He doesn't come closer - he won't, he knows better than that, even if he very much wants to - but he allows himself to be briefly honest.]
It is good to see you.
[No matter what else might be true, and there are many things that are true, that is as well. Rhy's emotions are mixed, confused, and for once he wishes there were someone there to tell him what to do - Kell, or his father, or his mother, though he fears they would all say pretty much the same thing. But despite all of that, he is glad to see Alucard. Here before him, in the flesh, real.]
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He can't be anything but angry that Alucard left him like that. He can't be anything but happy to see him again. It would be easier, certainly, if Alucard were not still so entrenched in Rhy's heart, if he were not still so very much himself. Despite the changes, this is still the man Rhy fell in love with, harder and more deeply than he ever had before or ever has since.]
You are incorrigible.
[There's the slightest hint of softening in Rhy's expression. He doesn't come closer - he won't, he knows better than that, even if he very much wants to - but he allows himself to be briefly honest.]
It is good to see you.
[No matter what else might be true, and there are many things that are true, that is as well. Rhy's emotions are mixed, confused, and for once he wishes there were someone there to tell him what to do - Kell, or his father, or his mother, though he fears they would all say pretty much the same thing. But despite all of that, he is glad to see Alucard. Here before him, in the flesh, real.]