[Shinya smiles again, a little more broadly this time. Getting Gino to admit he wants anything is no easy feat; he can't help but think this is something to celebrate.]
Then let's go.
[There's something crackling in the air between them, a storm ready to crash down over their heads, but Shinya is unafraid. He's looking forward to it, even, his long strides almost a swagger as he leads the way to the wrestling mats. This is what the entire morning had been building up to - or rather, not just the morning, but all those prior weeks and months of averted eyes and building tensions.
Shinya doesn't remember how this had all started. It had been so subtle, so slow, that the pieces had only clicked into place this morning. But now that the truth is staring at him in the place - Gino wants him, Gino can do so much better than the path he's determined to chain himself to - Shinya refuses to ignore it. Not just for Gino's sake, but his own as well. To ignore this would be to go against his own principles, and that Shinya can't ever do.
It takes less than a minute for them to arrive at their destination, and less than a second for Shinya to drop into a ready stance, half-crouched and arms raised, ready to guard. The message is clear: he's waiting for Gino to make the first move.]
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Then let's go.
[There's something crackling in the air between them, a storm ready to crash down over their heads, but Shinya is unafraid. He's looking forward to it, even, his long strides almost a swagger as he leads the way to the wrestling mats. This is what the entire morning had been building up to - or rather, not just the morning, but all those prior weeks and months of averted eyes and building tensions.
Shinya doesn't remember how this had all started. It had been so subtle, so slow, that the pieces had only clicked into place this morning. But now that the truth is staring at him in the place - Gino wants him, Gino can do so much better than the path he's determined to chain himself to - Shinya refuses to ignore it. Not just for Gino's sake, but his own as well. To ignore this would be to go against his own principles, and that Shinya can't ever do.
It takes less than a minute for them to arrive at their destination, and less than a second for Shinya to drop into a ready stance, half-crouched and arms raised, ready to guard. The message is clear: he's waiting for Gino to make the first move.]