[ The thing is, he didn't need Allen here. He didn't even need Tim to remind him of his intentions. All he needed was for Allen to know that this was his home, too. It didn't need to be his only one. And months after their first fight, Shouto still wasn't sure Allen understood that.
Every good intention got twisted into something else. The last straw was finding Tim here while Allen was gone. He thought it was strange at first, but after Allen's return and finding out the reason he left Tim behind, Shouto had had enough and gone to work. It took him week to figure out what he wanted to do, but in the end, this was the best way. Formal in a way nothing else in their relationship was. Formal in the only way he could make Allen understand that it wasn't his feelings on the line, but Allen's.
That's why, hearing him say that he'd sign it when he'd only looked at it once, Shouto knew he still didn't understand. That he might find Tim one day without Allen, leaving himself vulnerable on a mission, because he thought Shouto needed the reassurance.
That's why he hesitated.
But when Allen abruptly stops, and his gaze meets a misty one, Shouto knows he finally understood. He trembles, and Shouto holds him in his arms, kissing his cheek, his ear, his nose. Every place he can find. ]
You don't need to thank me. [ He smiles into each kiss, sweet and delicate. ]. It was yours too from the start.
[ He cups his face in his hands, gazing at him lovingly. ]
Since, I first brought you here from the beach a year ago.
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Every good intention got twisted into something else. The last straw was finding Tim here while Allen was gone. He thought it was strange at first, but after Allen's return and finding out the reason he left Tim behind, Shouto had had enough and gone to work. It took him week to figure out what he wanted to do, but in the end, this was the best way. Formal in a way nothing else in their relationship was. Formal in the only way he could make Allen understand that it wasn't his feelings on the line, but Allen's.
That's why, hearing him say that he'd sign it when he'd only looked at it once, Shouto knew he still didn't understand. That he might find Tim one day without Allen, leaving himself vulnerable on a mission, because he thought Shouto needed the reassurance.
That's why he hesitated.
But when Allen abruptly stops, and his gaze meets a misty one, Shouto knows he finally understood. He trembles, and Shouto holds him in his arms, kissing his cheek, his ear, his nose. Every place he can find. ]
You don't need to thank me. [ He smiles into each kiss, sweet and delicate. ]. It was yours too from the start.
[ He cups his face in his hands, gazing at him lovingly. ]
Since, I first brought you here from the beach a year ago.