[and he'll reach out, letting an arm loop around hizamaru's shoulders, fingers curling into his hair, and then pulling him in. he guides hizamaru's face to his shoulder in case he needs a place to hide for a moment. his other arm circles around him in an embrace automatically.
how odd it was - even on their mission, higekiri never felt particularly affected by their surroundings. it didn't matter to him if they existed in the past, as long as they existed in that moment. that was easy to rationalize. but now, knowing that his brother is suffering a pain caused by someone else, and there is so little he can do...
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[and he'll reach out, letting an arm loop around hizamaru's shoulders, fingers curling into his hair, and then pulling him in. he guides hizamaru's face to his shoulder in case he needs a place to hide for a moment. his other arm circles around him in an embrace automatically.
how odd it was - even on their mission, higekiri never felt particularly affected by their surroundings. it didn't matter to him if they existed in the past, as long as they existed in that moment. that was easy to rationalize. but now, knowing that his brother is suffering a pain caused by someone else, and there is so little he can do...
a buddha sits on his chest too]