[He still doesn't look at Asch, but he hears the sound, and he sees the pendant at his feet. The one he'd given to Asch... the one he still wears for himself.
... Is that it, then? Is that how Asch is breaking ties with him? Luke certainly can't blame him. The whole ordeal with that Dream Shifter probably threw all the cold hard facts in Asch's face just as it had for Luke. It... It makes sense.
And yet he still can't stop himself from feeling that lump in his throat he's usually so good at holding back during moments like this rise in his throat, and his vision blurs before he squeezes his eyes shut, grits his teeth and takes in a sharp breath.
He'd jumped into Asch's dream so that he wouldn't lose him, and he lost him anyway.]
I'm sorry. [He reaches up to grip his shirt, right where his own pendant is, yet makes no move to remove it. Even if Asch rejected him here and now like he seemed to, even if he decided never to talk to Luke again, he'd keep wearing it.] I just thought...
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... Is that it, then? Is that how Asch is breaking ties with him? Luke certainly can't blame him. The whole ordeal with that Dream Shifter probably threw all the cold hard facts in Asch's face just as it had for Luke. It... It makes sense.
And yet he still can't stop himself from feeling that lump in his throat he's usually so good at holding back during moments like this rise in his throat, and his vision blurs before he squeezes his eyes shut, grits his teeth and takes in a sharp breath.
He'd jumped into Asch's dream so that he wouldn't lose him, and he lost him anyway.]
I'm sorry. [He reaches up to grip his shirt, right where his own pendant is, yet makes no move to remove it. Even if Asch rejected him here and now like he seemed to, even if he decided never to talk to Luke again, he'd keep wearing it.] I just thought...