@pyreboy asked : Coiling their tail around his leg. They're feeling a touch protective ; but they'd never say so. No, that would imply a weakness, a VULNERABILITY, that they swore they did not have. It'd imply something of loving him, and that was the gravest sin of all. ā You resting up ? You better be. ā
rest wasn't exactly something he got a lot of, truth be told. between a leader that didn't know the meaning of taking a break, and a mind that refused to slow down for even a second - the idea of resting was more an unattainable goal that he'd resigned himself to never reaching.
and he was fine with that, mostly. a little worse for wear, bags under his eyes that make up struggled to hide most days now, but he was fine. it was fine, everything was fine. this was just idol life, he tells himself. no one said it was going to be easy, and dae-ho just had to toughen up and deal with it !
but it's hard, you know ? he's not ... he's not strong like everyone else ; soft and weak and made to be cared for, looked after, that's what he was. so for as hard as he tries to put on a brave face when he leaves his apartment each morning, it all crumbles when he feels a tail coil around his leg. it doesn't hold him there, more just lets him know who was there - and that was sign enough for the smaller to shift slightly, not a moment of hesitation as he wraps arms around their waist, face pushed up against their chest as a biiiiiiiiiiiig sigh leaves him.
" i'm trying but like, it's hard okay. i can't stop thinking about literally anything and it's driving me mad ! " a pout, as big brown eyes look up at them, pleading almost, the classic look that he gives anyone when he's trying to get something that he wants. " i bet if you laid down with me though, that'd help. maybe rub my head a little bit ? just for a few minutes and then i'll be out like a light ! promise ! "
