[ so he's returned without memories -- whatever happened with hifumi, clean forgotten and lost to the mires of this impossible place. hifumi's right, all the same; doppo wouldn't leave him on his own for this long, not if he knew he was here, but it still doesn't stop the sour, awful feeling that grips his heart.
hifumi is lonely, and doppo can tell the depth of it in the way he keeps so close, and he exhales a quiet sigh, listening as he explains the rest of it. hifumi's lustre is dimmed, the real him is at the forefront now, and as much as he thinks that the whole touching-to-make-chroma thing is a potential pain in his ass, and also a weird sort of... prostitution thing (are they all hookers here? must they be touching? doppo doesn't want to touch very many people!), and everything in him believes the opposite of hifumi's shining optimism, because no, opening up to touch leads to getting hurt and humiliation and embarrassment, and no, thanks, he's been down this road before.
but he doesn't want to rain on his parade this time, because he'll make sure that hifumi doesn't end up getting hurt if things go wrong. he blinks at the mention of jobs, however: ]
We don't?
[ ohhhh, big plus! but wait -- ] What's the catch?
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hifumi is lonely, and doppo can tell the depth of it in the way he keeps so close, and he exhales a quiet sigh, listening as he explains the rest of it. hifumi's lustre is dimmed, the real him is at the forefront now, and as much as he thinks that the whole touching-to-make-chroma thing is a potential pain in his ass, and also a weird sort of... prostitution thing (are they all hookers here? must they be touching? doppo doesn't want to touch very many people!), and everything in him believes the opposite of hifumi's shining optimism, because no, opening up to touch leads to getting hurt and humiliation and embarrassment, and no, thanks, he's been down this road before.
but he doesn't want to rain on his parade this time, because he'll make sure that hifumi doesn't end up getting hurt if things go wrong. he blinks at the mention of jobs, however: ]
We don't?
[ ohhhh, big plus! but wait -- ] What's the catch?
[ and... has hifumi been moonlacing...? ]