"Take you where?" Declan blinked, head tilting in genuine confusion. It took him a moment before he realized he wasn't strictly speaking to Aoba-Aoba. So he had to reassess the question, clearing his throat softly. Ghost continued to hover where he'd been, though his eye was turned on the exchange below. He thought it best not to intervene for once. Declan could have used the back-up, not that he was going to ask for it.
"You aren't really throwing yourself at me, and I respect you very much. Besides..." He frowned slightly, cleared his throat and hooked a finger in his collar to tug at it. Why was he suddenly so uncomfortable?
"...Things like that....there's...boundaries...and...things..." His usual poetic eloquence was off the clock, Declan's face almost purple.
"You don't actually want that," he stated more firmly, more sure of himself once he collected his thoughts. If Aoba had those kind of feelings for him, he'd have said something, wouldn't he have? He didn't think for a minute how hypocritical the statement might be. He didn't say anything, after all. Then again, he kept his silence because he didn't think it was right at all to burden someone who would eventually leave. His feelings for Aoba were much more pure than Desire's interest in him. It all felt too one-sided. After all, he'd had time to look back on their interactions as a trio, and Aoba went at everything with so much more restraint. If things were different...
He considered for a moment, shaking his head eventually.
No point thinking about that. Aoba gently distanced himself and Declan was going to respect it. If nothing else, Aoba didn't want to be "taken"! That sounded extremely aggressive...
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"You aren't really throwing yourself at me, and I respect you very much. Besides..." He frowned slightly, cleared his throat and hooked a finger in his collar to tug at it. Why was he suddenly so uncomfortable?
"...Things like that....there's...boundaries...and...things..." His usual poetic eloquence was off the clock, Declan's face almost purple.
"You don't actually want that," he stated more firmly, more sure of himself once he collected his thoughts. If Aoba had those kind of feelings for him, he'd have said something, wouldn't he have? He didn't think for a minute how hypocritical the statement might be. He didn't say anything, after all. Then again, he kept his silence because he didn't think it was right at all to burden someone who would eventually leave. His feelings for Aoba were much more pure than Desire's interest in him. It all felt too one-sided. After all, he'd had time to look back on their interactions as a trio, and Aoba went at everything with so much more restraint. If things were different...
He considered for a moment, shaking his head eventually.
No point thinking about that. Aoba gently distanced himself and Declan was going to respect it. If nothing else, Aoba didn't want to be "taken"! That sounded extremely aggressive...