[There's definitely a pause when he receives the nudge, setting down the book he'd been about to stare holes into thanks to being too distracted to properly read. He's been avoiding Ayumu, trying with every ounce of his body not to give in to the lingering compulsion to hold the other as tenderly as before...
Just like he did when he sought to freeze Ayumu solid, preventing any avenue of escape.
He debates it, for a short while. Weighing his sins against just how long he can hold out against that need, something he'd already had even before this whole mess...
Slowly, heavily, he stands to go to their room. Peering inside, like a guest instead of an inhabitant.]
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Just like he did when he sought to freeze Ayumu solid, preventing any avenue of escape.
He debates it, for a short while. Weighing his sins against just how long he can hold out against that need, something he'd already had even before this whole mess...
Slowly, heavily, he stands to go to their room. Peering inside, like a guest instead of an inhabitant.]
You okay in there?