[The touch wasn't expected, and Gau's instinctual, physical reaction was very apparent. The boy almost jumped up, almost pulled away when Gau pulled him in around the ribs. It was so unexpected from Badou that Gau almost doubted it was the other boy holding him like this, and he had to stare at him for a few moments to make sure his brain wasn't second-guessing itself.
(But he wasn't touching his shoulders, or his neck, and despite having more of the space around him occupied, Gau felt the pressure at his throat lessen.)
The question, the "kill", snapped him back to cold, drafty reality in an instant.
Gau was quick to act, but not irrational. He knew what he saw, who did it, and the consequences of it. But that wasn't the entire story, and he knows that it won't be solved with murder as vengeance, not now, not when all the facts weren't in place.]
Badou-san...
[He shifted slightly, and maybe it was just a coincidence of how their bodies were positioned, but his head came to slightly rest against the bone of Badou's shoulder as he looked down to the ground, away from Badou's strangely angry eye and strangely comforting posture. It couldn't be comfortable, but he wasn't moving. Not yet.]
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(But he wasn't touching his shoulders, or his neck, and despite having more of the space around him occupied, Gau felt the pressure at his throat lessen.)
The question, the "kill", snapped him back to cold, drafty reality in an instant.
Gau was quick to act, but not irrational. He knew what he saw, who did it, and the consequences of it. But that wasn't the entire story, and he knows that it won't be solved with murder as vengeance, not now, not when all the facts weren't in place.]
Badou-san...
[He shifted slightly, and maybe it was just a coincidence of how their bodies were positioned, but his head came to slightly rest against the bone of Badou's shoulder as he looked down to the ground, away from Badou's strangely angry eye and strangely comforting posture. It couldn't be comfortable, but he wasn't moving. Not yet.]
How... How many more victims are there?