Drift Fleet: IC Inbox

[everydayhero]

[A catch-all for privately contacting Hiro outside of posts on the network.]

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[everydayhero]

[hiro lifts a hand to hook at the back of his head, keeping that eye contact belth started.]

Hey. I'm not leaving you or anybody else. I'm not even considering wanting to go home without a way to get to the people I've met here. I don't want to lose you, I don't want to lose Ino, and I haven't figured out a way to get Tadashi somewhere safe. I have too much here to just disappear.

[it's not up to him, he knows it's not, and it's still hard to swallow. but he's going to make this promise, and he's going to keep it.]

[arcanepower]

[Belthazar has to gather his courage again before he can look Hiro in the eyes, but when he does, his expression is much softer. There's none of that desperation from a minute earlier, only a poignant resignation to something yet unnamed.]

I haven't been important to someone in a very long time, [he murmurs. He looks down and decides to straighten Hiro's clothes since Belth sorta tousled them earlier.]

That's a big promise. You can't do anything small, can you?

[everydayhero]

... I'm not exactly known for keeping a low profile.

[he's laughing a little, as some strange and powerful rush of relief hits his system. why does he feel like he was just running laps?]

You're important to me. So you're stuck with me, okay? Even if you set me on fire.

[arcanepower]

[Belth knows he's flushed, especially because Hiro keeps saying that and every time he does, the elf's ears flatten a little more.]

I'm not going to set you on fire. [He presses his lips together in a bit of a pout.] I promised someone I wouldn't.

... But I can turn you into a cat if you annoy me.

[everydayhero]

[hiro laughs more.]

If you did that, I'd just go tear up your stuff.

[arcanepower]

[Oh, hey, banter. He can do this.]

Then I'd make Celsius bathe you.

[everydayhero]

If he could catch me. I'd be the best cat, I'm already a ninja, you know.