Which also made him deeply wary. Because you didn't find your younger self passed out under the Sakura and not know anything about it. The tree had nothing to say about it, implied nothing in her way.
So he had gathered the boy up, a frail little husk, feeling like he would break him from the moment his finger tips touched him.
Taking him to his apartment seemed unwise at the moment. There were too many locks, too much magic. The same was true for the lair of the dragons.
So he'd rented a hotel, and ignored the looks he'd gotten, and left the boy on the bed while he'd showered the blood off his arm. He was getting better at this, but no matter how hard he scrubbed, the blood was always still on him.
Coming out, he felt right away that...the boy was awake.
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Which also made him deeply wary. Because you didn't find your younger self passed out under the Sakura and not know anything about it. The tree had nothing to say about it, implied nothing in her way.
So he had gathered the boy up, a frail little husk, feeling like he would break him from the moment his finger tips touched him.
Taking him to his apartment seemed unwise at the moment. There were too many locks, too much magic. The same was true for the lair of the dragons.
So he'd rented a hotel, and ignored the looks he'd gotten, and left the boy on the bed while he'd showered the blood off his arm. He was getting better at this, but no matter how hard he scrubbed, the blood was always still on him.
Coming out, he felt right away that...the boy was awake.
"Hello."