[The point is for him to let it all go, anyway. Hikaru has no interest in watching Kaoru bottle up his feelings; that's just not something that they do with each-other. He has to sniff himself now, with a few tears dropping from his eyes. He may have already had his freak out, but he knows intimately how Kaoru feels and - dammit, he's never been able to not cry when Kaoru is. Especially not after such a rough day.
He swallows hard and presses his face against Kaoru's head, his hand coming up to brush through his hair. There's something a bit... off about it, but he's got other things on his plate right now and it's still hard to focus, besides.
He keeps up a steady stream of murmured assurances, just for an extra layer of comfort. If he were to be asked later what he was saying, he would genuinely have no idea - in his view, it's not the words that are important; it's his voice.]
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He swallows hard and presses his face against Kaoru's head, his hand coming up to brush through his hair. There's something a bit... off about it, but he's got other things on his plate right now and it's still hard to focus, besides.
He keeps up a steady stream of murmured assurances, just for an extra layer of comfort. If he were to be asked later what he was saying, he would genuinely have no idea - in his view, it's not the words that are important; it's his voice.]