[The silence almost helps. It's like a brief reprieve, so Shell can catch his breath and calm down just a little. He's already reached over to turn the heat off the stove where the blood he heated up still sits untouched. But despite blood being the reason they started on this conversation, he's already completely forgotten about it.]
[His eyes are still brimming with tears when Chuuya turns him around. In contrast to Chuuya's piercing gaze, his own is soft and tired. He's cried so much for One, even just in the handful of weeks he's been awake, and it already feels like he's cried enough to last a lifetime.]
[But Chuuya's question has his eyes widening. A master? Is that... is Chuuya offering?]
[He can hear his own words echoing in his head. "I only want to be hurt by you" and "I can't live without you"... words he said to One, back when things were painful and he was afraid of losing him.]
[And yet despite it all, in a moment of weakness, he actually finds himself considering it.]
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[His eyes are still brimming with tears when Chuuya turns him around. In contrast to Chuuya's piercing gaze, his own is soft and tired. He's cried so much for One, even just in the handful of weeks he's been awake, and it already feels like he's cried enough to last a lifetime.]
[But Chuuya's question has his eyes widening. A master? Is that... is Chuuya offering?]
[He can hear his own words echoing in his head. "I only want to be hurt by you" and "I can't live without you"... words he said to One, back when things were painful and he was afraid of losing him.]
[And yet despite it all, in a moment of weakness, he actually finds himself considering it.]
I...