"That's not in, byon. I know what it sounds like when you're just outta breath, Kakipi." Ken's determined to be curious, to pry; it helps take his mind off the pain, honestly, but it's just as much that he's always had an uncanny knack for getting into things people would prefer he didn't. Chikusa will be able to feel how Ken buries his nose against his neck and takes a deep breath, filling his lungs with Chikusa's scent as if it'll answer him.
In a way, it kind of does. "You're upset," he says, with some surprise. Under the circumstances, this wouldn't be shocking information if it were anyone but Chikusa. It's hard to get Chikusa to feel anything, much less feel it strongly enough that even an unchanneled Ken can smell it on him.
It's perhaps fortunate Chikusa gets to disentangle himself now, to set Ken down and temporarily flee from him and any uncomfortable questions he might ask. To say nothing of the way the idea of Chikusa leaving him behind shifts Ken's thoughts away from the subject. As soon as Chikusa says 'stay here', and Ken realizes that means he's leaving, he tries to push himself upright in convulsive alarm. His attempting to do this on broken wrists wrings a hurt animal noise from him that, in his panic, he doesn't even notice. Chikusa leaving him alone of far more concern than mere physical pain.
"Don't leave me, byon!" He's suddenly scared, in a way he never was during his capture. Much worse than being alone, wondering if Chikusa or Mukuro would come from him, is having Chikusa there and then having to watch him walk away. Having to watch him leave, and being physically incapable of following him or bringing him back.
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In a way, it kind of does. "You're upset," he says, with some surprise. Under the circumstances, this wouldn't be shocking information if it were anyone but Chikusa. It's hard to get Chikusa to feel anything, much less feel it strongly enough that even an unchanneled Ken can smell it on him.
It's perhaps fortunate Chikusa gets to disentangle himself now, to set Ken down and temporarily flee from him and any uncomfortable questions he might ask. To say nothing of the way the idea of Chikusa leaving him behind shifts Ken's thoughts away from the subject. As soon as Chikusa says 'stay here', and Ken realizes that means he's leaving, he tries to push himself upright in convulsive alarm. His attempting to do this on broken wrists wrings a hurt animal noise from him that, in his panic, he doesn't even notice. Chikusa leaving him alone of far more concern than mere physical pain.
"Don't leave me, byon!" He's suddenly scared, in a way he never was during his capture. Much worse than being alone, wondering if Chikusa or Mukuro would come from him, is having Chikusa there and then having to watch him walk away. Having to watch him leave, and being physically incapable of following him or bringing him back.