Taking Different Roads

SAMUEL i am the ocean, crawling madly at your moon. and with one wanton whoop — "No, I don't." Sam insisted, and he truly didn't. While he possibly trusted Jigano more on matters of wisdom, he felt he had no one looking out for him moreso than Remi, who had forgiven him an awful sin and still wanted to help. Sam had been let down before in many different ways, and this was not how it felt at all. But he could only argue so many times so he let it go after that, just sadly nodding and wishing Remi could see the fondness in his eyes. He took back his hand and stood too. "Alright then. But...Remi...before you go..." Sam slowly approached, placing a hand on Remi's arm first to warn him of the oncoming contact, then pulled Remi into a hug, tightly holding his back and pressing his face into the other man's shoulder, trying to comfort him somehow against the awful, huge hardships he was facing. — i melt into a sycophantic soup, & all that's left to do, is giggle, fawn, and swoon.