Warning

[Hwang Ryeol]

Luckily for you, I can sense Riku's thoughts and feelings so if he's harboring something towards you, I'd know it.

And I don't sense anything of that kind from him.

If you don't trust him, you can at least trust me. I'll keep you safe.
Just like I promised 300 years ago, remember?

[Tak Gunji]

...
...I remember.

[Hwang Ryeol]

There's no expiration date on that promise.

[Tak Gunji]

I want so badly to believe you.

[Hwang Ryeol]

Then believe me

Riku and I share a different kind of fate but I have only pledged loyalty to one general

[Tak Gunji]

...fate is cruel.

[Hwang Ryeol]

It is, but

At least we're still in the same place together

[Tak Gunji]

Do you think that's enough?

[Hwang Ryeol]

If I can see you and know that you're okay
...I'd be all right with it. Not 100% happy but it's something, isn't it?

[Tak Gunji]

It is something. I'm not sure yet what it is beyond that.

[Hwang Ryeol]

I imagine that will take time

I don't even know what to call us now. Friends? Exes? We left so much unresolved...

[Tak Gunji]

I think that's part of the... hurt.

[Hwang Ryeol]

...we can talk about it once you get here? If you want to talk about it.

[Tak Gunji]

Yeah...
Maybe...

[Hwang Ryeol]

I wore long sleeves... so we can hold hands. Through the sleeves.

Although I THINK I preferred the first time we actually held hands. At night. In the pitch darkness.
And I never got over how you almost broke my wrist when someone's runaway horse clattered past. Haha!