[It's a response that Jae-ha breathes out softly in the space between them, even as he feels Souji's hands trace along the lines of his face. He remains still up until he seems to think about that, a small hum emanating from his throat as he reaches to wrap his own fingers around Souji's wrists to lightly hold them in place even as Jae-ha's head turns. It's a thoughtless, simple thing to kiss Souji's fingertips on one hand, like he'd taken their touch by the edge of his lips as a request.]
... It's never been something meant for me. I'd been told - dragons die very soon after a new one is born. They never make it to thirty years.
[He presses a kiss into the center of Souji's palm, careless of any callouses or roughness that might belong on a swordsman's hands.]
So I'd never thought that life would be for me. I was never given as much time as everyone else... so I've never given it any thought. Besides -
[His eyes flick to meet Souji's gaze properly even as he turns Souji's hand so that he can press a kiss over his pulse point on the inside of his wrist.]
Plenty of people die before they grow old - what's the difference as long as I make sure my years count for something?
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[It's a response that Jae-ha breathes out softly in the space between them, even as he feels Souji's hands trace along the lines of his face. He remains still up until he seems to think about that, a small hum emanating from his throat as he reaches to wrap his own fingers around Souji's wrists to lightly hold them in place even as Jae-ha's head turns. It's a thoughtless, simple thing to kiss Souji's fingertips on one hand, like he'd taken their touch by the edge of his lips as a request.]
... It's never been something meant for me. I'd been told - dragons die very soon after a new one is born. They never make it to thirty years.
[He presses a kiss into the center of Souji's palm, careless of any callouses or roughness that might belong on a swordsman's hands.]
So I'd never thought that life would be for me. I was never given as much time as everyone else... so I've never given it any thought. Besides -
[His eyes flick to meet Souji's gaze properly even as he turns Souji's hand so that he can press a kiss over his pulse point on the inside of his wrist.]
Plenty of people die before they grow old - what's the difference as long as I make sure my years count for something?