[ Surprisingly... he isn't. There are no tears on his face, not even streaks that suggest there might have been some before. There's only the startled expression from being moved before he expected it, and the rounded shape of his mouth while he looks like he might have started to say his typical "Ouma-kun!?" in confusion at some point, but then got his bearings right on the brink of doing so.
He scrambles somewhat, lifting his head more properly on his own in an attempt to get it away from the other's hand, though he doesn't... exactly make any effort to brush it off, either. He only half-turns, not really able to make eye contact in the embarrassment of the moment.
Somehow... being caught not crying isn't all that dissimilar from if he had been. ]
Is that why you watched it...? To not be mean?
[ There's a line on Shuichi's cheek, from where it was pressed a little too closely into a fold of his sleeve, but he's none the wiser about it. It does kind of make the bristled question a little funnier though, tragically for him. ]
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[ Surprisingly... he isn't. There are no tears on his face, not even streaks that suggest there might have been some before. There's only the startled expression from being moved before he expected it, and the rounded shape of his mouth while he looks like he might have started to say his typical "Ouma-kun!?" in confusion at some point, but then got his bearings right on the brink of doing so.
He scrambles somewhat, lifting his head more properly on his own in an attempt to get it away from the other's hand, though he doesn't... exactly make any effort to brush it off, either. He only half-turns, not really able to make eye contact in the embarrassment of the moment.
Somehow... being caught not crying isn't all that dissimilar from if he had been. ]
Is that why you watched it...? To not be mean?
[ There's a line on Shuichi's cheek, from where it was pressed a little too closely into a fold of his sleeve, but he's none the wiser about it. It does kind of make the bristled question a little funnier though, tragically for him. ]