The thought died on Fai's lips; afterward he wouldn't even remember what he'd been about to say. His attention was split between the ruckus nearby and the hunk just behind him, and with his head turned like this he didn't even see the hand reach out for him until it was on his arm.
Outwardly there wasn't much of a reaction, especially not considering how animated the blond could be. Fai paused, almost frozen. His eyes had gone wide, but he was already turned mostly away from Kurogane, and he gasped. Hardly a reaction at all, if one wasn't paying much attention. Inwardly he was back in the alley all those years ago with the man calling out his stage name and the blade of the knife flashing in the light of the streetlamps. His heart lurched and then hammered in his chest. A moment later when he regained control of his senses he could only pray that the other man hadn't noticed anything.
"Ah... a job fair?" he guessed, trying for the second time in less than ten minutes to regain his composure. His voice was shaking. He was shaking, a little.
cw for a fear reaction and a vague memory of violence
The thought died on Fai's lips; afterward he wouldn't even remember what he'd been about to say. His attention was split between the ruckus nearby and the hunk just behind him, and with his head turned like this he didn't even see the hand reach out for him until it was on his arm.
Outwardly there wasn't much of a reaction, especially not considering how animated the blond could be. Fai paused, almost frozen. His eyes had gone wide, but he was already turned mostly away from Kurogane, and he gasped. Hardly a reaction at all, if one wasn't paying much attention. Inwardly he was back in the alley all those years ago with the man calling out his stage name and the blade of the knife flashing in the light of the streetlamps. His heart lurched and then hammered in his chest. A moment later when he regained control of his senses he could only pray that the other man hadn't noticed anything.
"Ah... a job fair?" he guessed, trying for the second time in less than ten minutes to regain his composure. His voice was shaking. He was shaking, a little.