[Bakura pauses in surprise. Was this really a confession? He'd joked about it before, but it seems Malik's feelings might be stronger than he thought.
His hand lifts to stroke slim fingers through Malik's hair, soothingly. He doesn't trust himself not to fuck up if he says anything to encourage him, so this is all he'll do.]
If it's not the same, then...?
[He can already infer what Malik is trying to say. That poor fool... had he really fallen for him so hard? But he is young, he supposes.]
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His hand lifts to stroke slim fingers through Malik's hair, soothingly. He doesn't trust himself not to fuck up if he says anything to encourage him, so this is all he'll do.]
If it's not the same, then...?
[He can already infer what Malik is trying to say. That poor fool... had he really fallen for him so hard? But he is young, he supposes.]