all you have is your fire, and the place you need to reach
"Yeah," Danta mumbles, rubbing at his forehead and letting his shoulders slump, as if the weight of his own bravado has become far too much. "I guess I just wasn't prepared for how much I..." Trailing off as if realising instinctively that the butcher has all but stopped breathing, he blinks up at him with tired blue eyes and an expression tipping towards confusion.
Huffing out an almost silent laugh, Danta shakes his head. "Asta, you're the easiest person in the world to care for," he objects, utterly unaware of the sinkhole he's accidentally opened in the foundations of the other man's mind. "And you don't have to apologise. I just... it's easy to lose my temper and feel better after. With this, though..." With this he has to learn to swallow the fear as part of what it means to love someone enough to be afraid they might disappear.
But he doesn't get that far, and as Asta asks what he can do Danta reaches out with a half smile, pressing his hand to the butcher's chest over his heart. "Keep this beating, for one," he jokes, tilting his head up at him. "Are you okay?"
Huffing out an almost silent laugh, Danta shakes his head. "Asta, you're the easiest person in the world to care for," he objects, utterly unaware of the sinkhole he's accidentally opened in the foundations of the other man's mind. "And you don't have to apologise. I just... it's easy to lose my temper and feel better after. With this, though..." With this he has to learn to swallow the fear as part of what it means to love someone enough to be afraid they might disappear.
But he doesn't get that far, and as Asta asks what he can do Danta reaches out with a half smile, pressing his hand to the butcher's chest over his heart. "Keep this beating, for one," he jokes, tilting his head up at him. "Are you okay?"
Dantalion
don't you ever tame your demons, but always keep 'em on a leash
Horns: Diamond - they look very similar to #2 in this image.
