[Shoulder-to-shoulder was at least warmer than standing completely apart. Not to mention, it gave him a bit of freedom to move. That was never a bad thing. After all, this was still very new. As much as he might like the warmth of it... there was a limit, somewhere.]
Something like that, yes.
[Joshua turned his head, glancing up at Ryoji with a slight smile.]
He was. Unfortunately, even with the two of us, we still weren't able to find a way out. [A pause.] The punishment wasn't anything severe. Small annoyances, really. It only lasted a month or two. Food tasting off, limbs unable to work when they need to...
[It hadn't been all that bad, of course. It could have been much worse. Despite a few embarrassing falls while walking through the house and a couple of broken mugs, having a limb suddenly stop responding in mid-use hadn't been so bad, either. At least he hadn't needed to run for his life from anything.
The sound from Ryoji made him hesitate in starting the video. Ryoji had wanted to see this - why was he stopping him?
... and suddenly, those arms were wrapping around his waist from behind and Ryoji what did you think you were doing.
Contact on his own terms was alright. Contact that he agreed with was alright. But somehow, having Ryoji doing this... not to mention just how he was holding him... Joshua tensed up, fingers stilling on the PCD, expression hardening even though Ryoji probably couldn't see very much of it at all.]
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Something like that, yes.
[Joshua turned his head, glancing up at Ryoji with a slight smile.]
He was. Unfortunately, even with the two of us, we still weren't able to find a way out. [A pause.] The punishment wasn't anything severe. Small annoyances, really. It only lasted a month or two. Food tasting off, limbs unable to work when they need to...
[It hadn't been all that bad, of course. It could have been much worse. Despite a few embarrassing falls while walking through the house and a couple of broken mugs, having a limb suddenly stop responding in mid-use hadn't been so bad, either. At least he hadn't needed to run for his life from anything.
The sound from Ryoji made him hesitate in starting the video. Ryoji had wanted to see this - why was he stopping him?
... and suddenly, those arms were wrapping around his waist from behind and Ryoji what did you think you were doing.
Contact on his own terms was alright. Contact that he agreed with was alright. But somehow, having Ryoji doing this... not to mention just how he was holding him... Joshua tensed up, fingers stilling on the PCD, expression hardening even though Ryoji probably couldn't see very much of it at all.]
What are you doing.