[He really should have, considering everything they've been through both together and then apart. It's maddening to be this close, to feel and know their hearts are beating to the rhythm of the same song. Yet he doesn't act on it. A quiet, almost amused sound leaves him instead. How many times have they had this conversation by now, with the exact same words?]
We saved each other. [He repeats himself. He doesn't mind. Shiro mentioned his head's still a mess; he's just glad he's okay, or at least on the way to being so.
That's enough for him, Keith tries to convince himself. Even though he's realized that he's been caught in Shiro's gravity for some time now.
Keith pulls back just enough to look his best friend in the eye, gaze softer than his usual, but firm.]
If you need time to sort things out, then take it. I'm not going anywhere if I can help it.
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We saved each other. [He repeats himself. He doesn't mind. Shiro mentioned his head's still a mess; he's just glad he's okay, or at least on the way to being so.
That's enough for him, Keith tries to convince himself. Even though he's realized that he's been caught in Shiro's gravity for some time now.
Keith pulls back just enough to look his best friend in the eye, gaze softer than his usual, but firm.]
If you need time to sort things out, then take it. I'm not going anywhere if I can help it.