... and then you wound up with one of the more duplicitous men you could find in the realm of mutual killing.
[ That probably does not say good things about Huaisang's taste, but who is McGillis to complain about such a state of affairs? He could have easily dismissed Huaisang's advances had he rejected him now, with his secrets in the open, and it would have gone down in his memory as a pleasant but ultimately inconsequential period of flirting. He is quite used to being liked for what he projects only - it's not like he ever gives people the chance to want to be with him for the sake of his truest self.
But now he's being held and until the end of the story, maybe it's fine to explore a dream he's never wanted to dream in the first place. ]
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[ That probably does not say good things about Huaisang's taste, but who is McGillis to complain about such a state of affairs? He could have easily dismissed Huaisang's advances had he rejected him now, with his secrets in the open, and it would have gone down in his memory as a pleasant but ultimately inconsequential period of flirting. He is quite used to being liked for what he projects only - it's not like he ever gives people the chance to want to be with him for the sake of his truest self.
But now he's being held and until the end of the story, maybe it's fine to explore a dream he's never wanted to dream in the first place. ]
Well, I suppose it is also a romantic cliché to try and wrap the dark hero who's never felt love around your finger... I'm not going to be conquered by such things, I'm afraid, but I am fond of you.