Who is to say that isn't what will happen? I am quite in demand, after all.
[There is just the smallest edge of sharpness in his teasing. Perhaps, after all, Rhy is still sulking a bit - perhaps he will be for awhile. But the truth is that no one has been to him what Alucard was, for all the flings and trysts he's indulged in. He avoids it, deliberately. He was never ready to give his heart away again. He still isn't. He knows better now.
But, after all, he has already given it away. Alucard never quite gave it back.]
I am glad to know that I have been a feature of your dreams, though. I wondered -
[He stops himself. He'd wondered if Alucard had thought of him at all, after they parted. But maybe this is proof that he did, maybe this isn't just charming words and a smile that takes Rhy's breath away. Maybe he means it.
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[There is just the smallest edge of sharpness in his teasing. Perhaps, after all, Rhy is still sulking a bit - perhaps he will be for awhile. But the truth is that no one has been to him what Alucard was, for all the flings and trysts he's indulged in. He avoids it, deliberately. He was never ready to give his heart away again. He still isn't. He knows better now.
But, after all, he has already given it away. Alucard never quite gave it back.]
I am glad to know that I have been a feature of your dreams, though. I wondered -
[He stops himself. He'd wondered if Alucard had thought of him at all, after they parted. But maybe this is proof that he did, maybe this isn't just charming words and a smile that takes Rhy's breath away. Maybe he means it.
Does that change anything?]
I have seen you in dreams as well.