I... never had the opportunity to really be close to anyone. Not like this.
[Not just as a lover but also simply as a friend. There were so many ways such things could be taken out of context he'd always been terrified to allow it. Even if he knows Hilda and Leonie both would have happily given him hugs if he'd have let them. Maybe even Lysithea and Flayn too.
Lorenz tips his head, pressing into Claude's touch lightly.]
It's not that I don't like... other things. [And there he goes, blushing again.] You know that, right?
I just- [He trails off helplessly, uncertain how to explain the hoops his mind jumps through to get him so worked up over things that "aren't allowed" when there's no one to enforce such arbitrary rules anymore. Not here or at home.]
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[Not just as a lover but also simply as a friend. There were so many ways such things could be taken out of context he'd always been terrified to allow it. Even if he knows Hilda and Leonie both would have happily given him hugs if he'd have let them. Maybe even Lysithea and Flayn too.
Lorenz tips his head, pressing into Claude's touch lightly.]
It's not that I don't like... other things. [And there he goes, blushing again.] You know that, right?
I just- [He trails off helplessly, uncertain how to explain the hoops his mind jumps through to get him so worked up over things that "aren't allowed" when there's no one to enforce such arbitrary rules anymore. Not here or at home.]