[he just stares seriously back, searching her face. he's usually very bad at noticing physical changes in people, but it's hard to ignore how tired and stressed Nill looks from this close up.
'Don't'? What, 'don't ignore yourself'? That's all he knows. It's easier. It's comfortable. And looking at her like that makes an easy excuse to slip right back into it. After all, how could he look at that face and not want to fight the whole world to make it better, to make her happy?
How could his heart not break, looking at that face?
Naruto pulls her into a hug again and just holds her, thinking. As exhausted as he felt in body and heart, he could try again. He could find it in him to try to tear down the world and remake it as he saw fit, if he did it for someone else and not for his own moral code.]
I'm sorry. You guy've been through a lot while I was gone, huh.
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'Don't'? What, 'don't ignore yourself'? That's all he knows. It's easier. It's comfortable. And looking at her like that makes an easy excuse to slip right back into it. After all, how could he look at that face and not want to fight the whole world to make it better, to make her happy?
How could his heart not break, looking at that face?
Naruto pulls her into a hug again and just holds her, thinking. As exhausted as he felt in body and heart, he could try again. He could find it in him to try to tear down the world and remake it as he saw fit, if he did it for someone else and not for his own moral code.]
I'm sorry. You guy've been through a lot while I was gone, huh.