[The urgency draws out a laugh from his pained throat. Xiao Xingchen doesn't want to make light of his worry, yet this feeling with the man calling for for him and holding him tight somehow bubbles up in his chest, with knowing that the man fears so much for him. Being tended to and cared for like this - even if he hasn't put together what's happened quite yet - soothes something in Xiao Xingchen's heart. After all, he never thought that he would stay.
He squeezes back, burying his face in the crook of the man's neck, not caring if this makes it harder to breathe. Just as he wants to be the safe haven, he's found it here too.]
My dear friend... has something scared you?
[Still not fully sure what's happened, it's the first thing he wants to ask, his voice a little more steady than before. Perhaps he wouldn't call any attention to that and sting his friend's pride, but the words fall from his mouth in an eager desire to help the man.]
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He squeezes back, burying his face in the crook of the man's neck, not caring if this makes it harder to breathe. Just as he wants to be the safe haven, he's found it here too.]
My dear friend... has something scared you?
[Still not fully sure what's happened, it's the first thing he wants to ask, his voice a little more steady than before. Perhaps he wouldn't call any attention to that and sting his friend's pride, but the words fall from his mouth in an eager desire to help the man.]