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[ He's so happy that he honestly doesn't know quite what to do with himself - he's afraid of feeling happy like this. It's the first time anything's worked out for him; if he embraces this emotion, he fears it will collapse and turn to dust like all the other good things he's ever had.

Part of him is still telling him to run away and hide. It's safer that way; he can't be hurt. But that part has become so small now, in the face of the friendships he's made and the success he's actually had. He'd headed towards hope instead of despair, and now it's in his hands. Hikage can't keep the emotions in.

He probably doesn't even wait until they go back to their room to find her. This time, he's the one who reaches out, and he takes her wrist. ]

... You convinced me.

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[ He's not looking for Jae-ha. There are exactly two people in this place that Hikage would say he cares about - maybe three - and he isn't one of them. Even if he'd written that letter. ANd even if Jae-ha had been right about far too much.

Maybe that's why he still holds a feeling of wariness and resentment towards him - or is it fear? He doesn't feel comfortable being around someone who can see through him so easily. But, simultaneously... it means he doesn't have to hide. Maybe that makes him uncomfortable, too.

All this to say is that Hikage spots Jae-ha on his way to the dorms and immediately freezes up like a deer in the headlights. ]