[hiro wasn't planning for this. it's his birthday, things were happy, and belth was okay. so when he starts to raise his voice, moves the way he does... hiro has to freeze up.
[selfishly, the first thing he thinks about is how close belth is. sure, they've hugged plenty, they tend to be pretty physical, but hiro never even let this side of things cross his mind. in this moment, it becomes a possibility. in this moment, he starts to recognize what's been slowly growing with him. he can't bring himself to do anything but hold still, but he sees what he could do, what belth almost just did, and his mind is speeding through the meanings and the implications.
[it takes him a moment to catch up with the fact that he was spoken to again, and another for the words to register. then the importance strikes him, and without hesitation or even much coherent thought, he blurts it out:]
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[selfishly, the first thing he thinks about is how close belth is. sure, they've hugged plenty, they tend to be pretty physical, but hiro never even let this side of things cross his mind. in this moment, it becomes a possibility. in this moment, he starts to recognize what's been slowly growing with him. he can't bring himself to do anything but hold still, but he sees what he could do, what belth almost just did, and his mind is speeding through the meanings and the implications.
[it takes him a moment to catch up with the fact that he was spoken to again, and another for the words to register. then the importance strikes him, and without hesitation or even much coherent thought, he blurts it out:]
I promise. I'm not going anywhere.