[He sure is! It hasn't once left his neck. It's still there even now, metal charm jingling softly as they walk, though he feels like he's pretty much switched on autopilot for the time being with how out of sorts he is. His face throbs where Ain punched him, and he feels no better now than when he first arrived, not knowing yet...how he's going to be received.
But he's here now. He managed to catch up with Ain before he got too far away from him. So, theoretically...the only way he can go from here is up.
He doesn't even really have much of a chance to admire the nicer room before Ain is handing him a couple apples, cluing him in to remembering that he hasn't eaten anything fresh in four solid days. He may not feel like eating, but his body ends up kindof making the decision for him nonetheless as he takes a huge bite out of one of them, taking a seat across from Ain on the other side of the bed.
He won't presume that he's allowed to sit right next to him. Not yet. Instead, he'll eat that apple (carefully, because ow) as he mulls over what to say.]
...m'back cause...I regretted leavin' you the moment you were gone.
[He murmurs around the apple, rubbing it with his thumb.]
I left 'cause...I dunno. I guess I got...spooked. Everythin' was happenin' real fast, yaknow? [It's not the truth. But it's not a lie, either.] And I'm...worried, about you bein' safe around me.
[...]
I thought really hard about it all. An' I realized I didn't...wanna keep bein' without you.
That's why m'here. And I get it if you don't believe me, or ain't gonna forgive me, cause...it was a shitty thing to pull on you outta the blue, only to not even commit in the end.
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But he's here now. He managed to catch up with Ain before he got too far away from him. So, theoretically...the only way he can go from here is up.
He doesn't even really have much of a chance to admire the nicer room before Ain is handing him a couple apples, cluing him in to remembering that he hasn't eaten anything fresh in four solid days. He may not feel like eating, but his body ends up kindof making the decision for him nonetheless as he takes a huge bite out of one of them, taking a seat across from Ain on the other side of the bed.
He won't presume that he's allowed to sit right next to him. Not yet. Instead, he'll eat that apple (carefully, because ow) as he mulls over what to say.]
...m'back cause...I regretted leavin' you the moment you were gone.
[He murmurs around the apple, rubbing it with his thumb.]
I left 'cause...I dunno. I guess I got...spooked. Everythin' was happenin' real fast, yaknow? [It's not the truth. But it's not a lie, either.] And I'm...worried, about you bein' safe around me.
[...]
I thought really hard about it all. An' I realized I didn't...wanna keep bein' without you.
That's why m'here. And I get it if you don't believe me, or ain't gonna forgive me, cause...it was a shitty thing to pull on you outta the blue, only to not even commit in the end.