[ Gratitude is nice. Feels even better, since he's pretty sure he deserves it.
Still, the feeling of receiving it tends to make his ears flame up. Makes him forget that he was doing this to get something out of it, but now it feels like he's gotten more than enough. The gentle glimmer in Aki's eyes has nothing to do with how bright the lights are in their apartment — no, it's an unguarded expression of his Denji knows well. Possibly because he can never force himself to look away when he thinks Aki might be about to bring a hand up to his face, block of his view of what could be unshed tears. He stands at one side of him, grinning from ear to ear, inching closer to see. He's impatient for him to take that first bite, tell him he did a job well done, admit that he can rely on Denji, after all.
Power, on the other side of Aki, also presses inward to watch. Probably, she just likes to see him cry. Or maybe it's because she's aware of what's about to happen… ]
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Still, the feeling of receiving it tends to make his ears flame up. Makes him forget that he was doing this to get something out of it, but now it feels like he's gotten more than enough. The gentle glimmer in Aki's eyes has nothing to do with how bright the lights are in their apartment — no, it's an unguarded expression of his Denji knows well. Possibly because he can never force himself to look away when he thinks Aki might be about to bring a hand up to his face, block of his view of what could be unshed tears. He stands at one side of him, grinning from ear to ear, inching closer to see. He's impatient for him to take that first bite, tell him he did a job well done, admit that he can rely on Denji, after all.
Power, on the other side of Aki, also presses inward to watch. Probably, she just likes to see him cry. Or maybe it's because she's aware of what's about to happen… ]
…Yeah. I tried really hard to get it right —