[ALTERNATE] Old_Radio/Waiting_in_Earth_Crossover

[leftsearching]

[Deviated from here.]

["It's going to be all right," they said to each other. KAITO really believed it, leaning against the other man and just letting himself believe for once. He pushed away the worries and the fears and everything else bothering him. Pushed away all the tension and the stiffness of unmoving limbs and the memories of being

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[futureforbirds]

**Drawing shaky breaths, Kaito kept on holding his injured lookalike. KAITO felt ... so close, right now. He felt himself holding on even tighter - that closeness, he wanted it more than ever, wanted KAITO to feel the promise they'd just made. There was a reason behind his mind's racing to remember anything he could from the books that he'd read. The words he had choked on. KAITO needed to hear them - **

I love you.

** - the words popped ungracefully into KAITO's ear. The three words bounced back into his brain. A tear or two escaped, just as he'd expected. He gulped, feeling a bit more confident now that he'd said it. Calming down.**

- I love you, so I won't lose you. We'll be -

- fine.

[synthesice]

[He froze.

What... what just happened? What did he just say? It wasn't... it wasn't something KAITO was imagining, was it? A malfunction or some kind? Maybe Kaito was being over-emotional or --

-- but he said it twice. KAITO didn't know how to react.]

[futureforbirds]

**But it was obvious that Kaito's own words had calmed him down - his breathing had relaxed, and he'd started to gently lean his head against the other's. He was better because he believed in what he'd said -

- though, he felt KAITO tense up, and he didn't understand why. He wondered if he'd made some kind of blunder by saying that... maybe KAITO took it the wrong way? He loosened his grip and pulled back just a little, so he could try to read his face**

[leftsearching]

[It wasn't surprise. That was the first thing KAITO realized. It wasn't so much shock as it was... disbelief. There wasn't disgust or anger or sadness or anything, just--

He didn't know how to react, always thinking that it couldn't be when it could, was, right here in front of him. He wanted to do something, say something, but didn't know what. And Kaito... Kaito was watching him. He didn't know what to do, but he didn't want Kaito to think that he didn't--

because it was just the opposite, really, KAITO wanted--

He slumped forward, closing that distance again, holding onto the other man as best as he could.

I don't know how to say it.

He couldn't say it; he could hardly say it now. But he hoped Kaito understood.]