[ He's trying to play dumb. Like he doesn't understand what Alucard means. He does, of course he does. And he knows it must hurt.
But it's still better. It's less wrong to be distant than to- everything he's done. Even a month later, he's still going over that last kiss in his head. How much distress Alucard must have been in, and how his body decided that it ought to turn offering comfort into something closer to taking advantage. He extends a hand, resting it on the edge of the mattress. ]
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[ He's trying to play dumb. Like he doesn't understand what Alucard means. He does, of course he does. And he knows it must hurt.
But it's still better. It's less wrong to be distant than to- everything he's done. Even a month later, he's still going over that last kiss in his head. How much distress Alucard must have been in, and how his body decided that it ought to turn offering comfort into something closer to taking advantage. He extends a hand, resting it on the edge of the mattress. ]
This is just- more appropriate.