[It takes a fair amount of leaning down for Hijikata to rest his head on Souji's shoulder, but he does it.]
[The years without Souji were the worst -- wracked with the worry that he'd failed him, too, and bereft of the person who understood him better than anyone else in the world, bereft of the greatest comfort in his life.]
[Now Souji's here, but with the pain still so near, it's hard to let himself be taken care of. He feels like a wounded animal, made desperate by pain and tempted to lash out at anyone foolish enough to get close.]
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[The years without Souji were the worst -- wracked with the worry that he'd failed him, too, and bereft of the person who understood him better than anyone else in the world, bereft of the greatest comfort in his life.]
[Now Souji's here, but with the pain still so near, it's hard to let himself be taken care of. He feels like a wounded animal, made desperate by pain and tempted to lash out at anyone foolish enough to get close.]
[But it's Souji.]
...You can't stay up all night. You have class.