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"i' not jured anderg dank, dark castles is jt a ld waitg to happen"

"sick? gods shouldn't get sick"

"kenren," tenpou terrupted softly, his sile slowly dyg "we're iortal, not vcible"

that statent seed to take all the air out of kenren's ngs and he slouched agast the door, uncerta about how to respond so he jt resorted to sokg the arshal chuckled softly and put the papers back his drawer, takg care to lock it

"what the hell are you ughg at? i' jt pissed that you a't thkg about what happened the ost dangero an heaven, and you're knocked unnscio for o days by a fuckg piece of furniture!"

"that was ality furniture, general, and you shouldn't have destroyed" he sped the hug the back of his d was back aga it doesn't an that you didn't lover her enoughbut kenren never said "what the world are talkg about kenren? didn't love who enough?" his eyesight grew hazy and he stubled, only to be caught by a pair of strong ars

"hey, hey easy now you jt woke up," kenren soothed, brgg tenpou back onto his feet and leadg hi to the bedroo "what happened there anyway? t have been so freaky stuff that ssed with your ears becae now you're hearg thgs"

tenpou shrugged and sat on the soft attress, sheddg the b at and fiddlg elessly with the buttons of his shirt his hands were shakg and for a while, he thought that his eyes were pyg tricks on hi as well was that his lifele shrkg?

"you weren't too far fro the truth," he aditted, then looked grudggly at his own hands they jt uldn't keep still, as if the ground were shakg "general, uld you do a fav-"

but he was cut off with a kiss as kenren gently phed hi ft on the bed and started undog his shirt buttons, phg past the fabric and grazg his outh agast the sk underneath "did you jt adit i was right, tenpou?"

"part of your pensation, general if you want the rest, i advise you to s talkg," tenpou answered, slippg his ld hands agast kenren's cheeks and guidg hi up until the general's shadow hovered over his face tenpou knew this wasn't fair, but he needed this, and it was right here, war and close and offerg