His voice was quiet and mild, saying it; he wanted no more of that sadness to be in his regard, but somehow it felt right to say it out loud.
"But that's alright, isn't it...? Sometimes...you learn how much a person meant to you in their absence."
After some time letting that notion settle, his hold slacked and he withdrew, hands catching the sides of her face. He had to squint to really see, to try to discern details of a girl who'd had a whole year to struggle and grow somewhere far away. Years didn't show so quickly on the young, but then, Mu barely aged at all, so there was a means to tell, if only a little.
"How long were you away?" There's a pinch of worry in his tone. "Will you tell me about it?"
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His voice was quiet and mild, saying it; he wanted no more of that sadness to be in his regard, but somehow it felt right to say it out loud.
"But that's alright, isn't it...? Sometimes...you learn how much a person meant to you in their absence."
After some time letting that notion settle, his hold slacked and he withdrew, hands catching the sides of her face. He had to squint to really see, to try to discern details of a girl who'd had a whole year to struggle and grow somewhere far away. Years didn't show so quickly on the young, but then, Mu barely aged at all, so there was a means to tell, if only a little.
"How long were you away?" There's a pinch of worry in his tone. "Will you tell me about it?"