catch-all; kaworu

[clockpunk]

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[clockpunk]

Well, that's good. A little surprising, actually.

[ carefully presses the back of his head a little so he'll tilt his neck. to dry the back of his hair. ]

How'd you get hurt?

[peripheries]

I'm not hurt.

Everyone else is.

[clockpunk]

...oh.

[ a pang of admiration, and sadness. Man ]

Do you want me to show you how to do it? In a minute.

[peripheries]

More than anything.

[clockpunk]

Okay.

[ he'll fall quiet for a moment while the hairdrying is finished up, then hang the towel around kaworu's shoulders.

he shifts back a little and taps the bench between them. ]

Put your leg up here. It'll be easier to see.

[peripheries]

[Does so obediently.]

[clockpunk]

[ the obedience is. mildly concerning

but he'll take the bandage and slowly demonstrate how to wrap it around his calf. it's not perfect, but it's solid enough to work. ]

You got it, or need me to show you again?

[peripheries]

Show me other things. Like what to do if there was a lot of blood.

[clockpunk]

[ his hands flinch, and he hesitates. ]

I only have basic first-aid training. It's maybe... put pressure on the wound? I don't know.

[peripheries]

I tried that! I don't even know if it did anything!

[Now he just wants to rip the stupid bandage off his leg. What good is it?]

[clockpunk]

--Kaworu, you did what you could!

[ it's not like chrono would stop him from tearing it off. he feels about as useful as it is right now. ]

Mr. Anders is still here. You helped.

[peripheries]

[Just... going to cry a little like he did in the tavern with his face pressed against Anders' knee.]

[clockpunk]

[ im so miserable between this and trial good lord

he's really not that good at this. the emotional echo tries to be calming, but worry overshadows it. he'll just place a hand on kaworu's raised knee and. be here. ]

It's okay to hurt. You don't have to fix everything, either.

[peripheries]

I don't like it. Sometimes I miss when I didn't feel much at all.

[He sniffs, rubbing his his face and hiccuping a little.]

[clockpunk]

...yeah. It's like that.

[ his own emotions flicker, sympathy and understanding. it's not quite the same, he realises, but he gets it. ]

But the reason you feel like this is because you care. Caring for someone, and then coming close to losing them... it's one of the worst things you can feel. But the reasons why you care are some of the best.