[ If Allen knew that, the reasons why, he'd try to find ways to encourage him more. Even so, he's picked up on and noticed it as a pattern enough to want to set aside even his own occasional nervousness to say something that will set his uncertainty at ease, and finding his own nerves eased in the process.
It's hard sometimes when Allen himself is so repressed and easily startled when it comes to some things, but finding his reason for feeling so unsubstantiated and a little silly whenever Shouto looks at him like that. Like he's worried he did something actually wrong, and all Allen wants is to reach out and tell him it's okay, I think it's actually a good thing.
So he smiles gently when he hears that answer and feels some of the tension bleed off him, and easily meets his eyes with a warm expression when he cups his face. And why he meets him halfway and opens his mouth to his as an equal participant in a very soft, intimately sweet sort of kiss they can continue to take their time with, and gives a small tug on the material of his shirt.
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It's hard sometimes when Allen himself is so repressed and easily startled when it comes to some things, but finding his reason for feeling so unsubstantiated and a little silly whenever Shouto looks at him like that. Like he's worried he did something actually wrong, and all Allen wants is to reach out and tell him it's okay, I think it's actually a good thing.
So he smiles gently when he hears that answer and feels some of the tension bleed off him, and easily meets his eyes with a warm expression when he cups his face. And why he meets him halfway and opens his mouth to his as an equal participant in a very soft, intimately sweet sort of kiss they can continue to take their time with, and gives a small tug on the material of his shirt.
You really are a very gentle person at heart. ]