[But he's only teasing. Minato knows as well as Ken that Kaneda wouldn't actually hurt him. Not that Minato's spoken to Kaneda all that much, but he trusts his instinctual judgement of people. It's nice, to be able to tease Ken; he can't resist doing it. It slips out without conscious thought.
Is it so easy to slide back into this pattern, like he'd never been gone? Like Minato had never died? ... Is there a reason it should be harder?
He'll do what he does best: not question it.]
Alright. I'll wait.
[And if Minato is surprised by the force with which his throat squeezes shut, preventing speech, when he finally opens the door on Ken, then at least he has his habitual reticence to explain it as he wordlessly opens his arms.
There's a lot of things he's learned in the past few months. That this is the time for a hug is one of them.]
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[But he's only teasing. Minato knows as well as Ken that Kaneda wouldn't actually hurt him. Not that Minato's spoken to Kaneda all that much, but he trusts his instinctual judgement of people. It's nice, to be able to tease Ken; he can't resist doing it. It slips out without conscious thought.
Is it so easy to slide back into this pattern, like he'd never been gone? Like Minato had never died? ... Is there a reason it should be harder?
He'll do what he does best: not question it.]
Alright. I'll wait.
[And if Minato is surprised by the force with which his throat squeezes shut, preventing speech, when he finally opens the door on Ken, then at least he has his habitual reticence to explain it as he wordlessly opens his arms.
There's a lot of things he's learned in the past few months. That this is the time for a hug is one of them.]