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[pricelesstears]

[ Jouno has been awake for a little while now, though his senses haven't returned. From what he understands, it might take up to a week for them to come back entirely. It's a vulnerable state to be in, and Jouno isn't fond of it. He hesitates, even, to see those close to him; if there's anything he truly despises, it's appearing to be weak.

And weak is exactly what he feels like right now.

Despite how terrible he's been to her since her hire, Takemi has been taking better care of Jouno than he'd expected. He's pretty sure he's babbled to her about some embarrassing things while under the influence of pain killers, but he doesn't want to think about that. Still, because she is who he's seen most, it's her that he expects to come through the door.

Normally, Jouno would be able to tell Tetcho by the sound of his footsteps alone, but as it is, he can hardly hear them. Instead, the quiet sound barely alerts him to the presence of someone else. Instead, it's the blurry vision of a shadow entering the room that tells him someone is there at all.

For once, his pure white eyes are open wide. ]

Doctor...? I said I was fine.

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[suehiro]

This is rational. [ anyone who hurts jouno deserves to die; see? all logic here. but tetcho is not going to argue the point further, if it ever comes to him having to kill the doctors for jouno's sake...well, he will worry about it then and not now. especially when jouno is trying to hide the way the blush creeps across his cheeks.

tetcho very deliberately grabs jouno's chin and tries to coax him to look at tetcho. ] I said that you're pretty. [ oh he knows jouno heard, he's just being a pest. ] You are pretty, your eyes are pretty too. Like snow.

And I love you. [ because he will never tire of saying that. ]

[pricelesstears]

[ Jouno likes compliments. He soaks up praise and adoration like a sponge, so he doesn't completely hate what Tetcho is saying. That said, it does fluster him, enough so that his cheeks are a soft red when Tetcho forces him to look his way. There's a slight pout on his lips, and his nose wrinkles in feigned disgust. ]

Don't say stuff like that. [ About his eyes, at least. It's strange. He can't remember the last time anyone saw them, for one. Almost self-conscious, he closes them again -- but he doesn't like being without some sense of his surroundings. It makes him too nervous, and he swallows, and they're open again before long, fixated again on the shadow that is his boyfriend. ]

You sound so dumb. [ His lips quirk slightly, almost a smile. He won't say it, but he loves him, too. Pathetically so. ]

[suehiro]

I am dumb. [ but it is said with a hint of a smile, a warmth in his voice as he draws jouno close enough for a chaste kiss against the corner of his mouth. he knows the surgery takes a toll on the body and he's just glad to be allowed to stay here with jouno for now. ] For all your complaints I think you like that I'm dumb. [ probably exasperates jouno too but... ]

I've never asked how you lost your sight.

[pricelesstears]

Your lack of intelligence is annoying, actually. [ Jouno smiles, though, resting a hand on Tetcho's leg. ] Maybe I'm more of a masochist than I thought, since I seemingly like to be annoyed.

[ The statement makes him pause. Even in his bleary pain killer induced state, he's not sure he wants to talk about it, or at least, not the full details of it. He might not have cared before if Tetcho knew about his past, but seeing him lose faith in him had changed that. Now he's not sure what Tetcho would think, or if it would be too much for him. ]

I got an infection.

[ It isn't a lie. It's simply only part of the story. ]