[They never really talked about this, did they? Not back then, and even now it feels like she's trying to avoid the conversation. Considering a future after this place has never been something entirely on the cards for them, but Ignis finds he wants to consider it. He doesn't want to have to think about saying goodbye to her.
Maybe that's selfish. Childish, even. It is, when he thinks about it, and it isn't entirely fair to put the weight of the decision on her shoulders, but it's her world, and he won't follow her to it if she doesn't want him to.
He manages to meet her eyes when she looks at him. Another of those uncanny skills he seems to have gained over the ten years since he went blind.]
That's fair. [Ignis says, and he takes a moment to find both of her hands and clasp them gently between his. An easily escapable grip, but one he hopes she won't fight her way out of.]
I know you're afraid of what might happen... and perhaps it's selfish of me to even ask this of you. I don't want to give you up. I don't want to give us up. Being with you is still the first thing I was ever able to want to have just for myself.
[He squeezes her hands lightly.]
And now, so is leaving here with you. The only thing that could have ever mattered to me more is already gone, Kate. You're not my reason for leaving Eos. I just... I have no reason not to. [There's a small pause, while he lets that sink in, and then he smiles.]
And even if things don't work out between us as we are now, we'll always be together in some way. I'd never abandon you, and I don't think you'd leave me to fend for myself either.
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Date: 2019-06-23 03:33 pm (UTC)Maybe that's selfish. Childish, even. It is, when he thinks about it, and it isn't entirely fair to put the weight of the decision on her shoulders, but it's her world, and he won't follow her to it if she doesn't want him to.
He manages to meet her eyes when she looks at him. Another of those uncanny skills he seems to have gained over the ten years since he went blind.]
That's fair. [Ignis says, and he takes a moment to find both of her hands and clasp them gently between his. An easily escapable grip, but one he hopes she won't fight her way out of.]
I know you're afraid of what might happen... and perhaps it's selfish of me to even ask this of you. I don't want to give you up. I don't want to give us up. Being with you is still the first thing I was ever able to want to have just for myself.
[He squeezes her hands lightly.]
And now, so is leaving here with you. The only thing that could have ever mattered to me more is already gone, Kate. You're not my reason for leaving Eos. I just... I have no reason not to. [There's a small pause, while he lets that sink in, and then he smiles.]
And even if things don't work out between us as we are now, we'll always be together in some way. I'd never abandon you, and I don't think you'd leave me to fend for myself either.