( Seeing Ginger fold in on himself - infinitely, as a black hole - softens him, and while he doesn't regret his questions or his anger, he does release them with a gentle exhale. He isn't here to hurt Ginger. He's made his point. And if there were space for punishment, he thinks this has been punishment enough. When Ginger confesses to hiding this thing from him, Mika will consider, again, if he needs to underscore what he's said.
He releases Ginger's hand, and he kneels down before him, too - level with him - and he does as is instinctive for him to do: he takes his face in his hands, and he presses a kiss to his hair. He doesn't care who sees it; Ginger is the only thing he cares for.
Murmuring, for just the two of them to hear: )
I forgive you.
( Mika will still ask later, alone, to know Ginger's reasons, if Ginger doesn't suggest them himself - but he will trust that Ginger will, unprompted. But that is then. And even if Mika is upset with what he hears, he doesn't want Ginger to think he loves him any less, that he ought wring his hands over the chance that Mika might not forgive wherever he's erred. He has absolution already. Okay? So Mika just wants to know.
Because he had taken their promise in earnest - something to live and die by. It's not magic that's on the line, for him. )
Hold me?
( He says this for Ginger, more than anything. Don't be so sad (cute as your teary face is)... )
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He releases Ginger's hand, and he kneels down before him, too - level with him - and he does as is instinctive for him to do: he takes his face in his hands, and he presses a kiss to his hair. He doesn't care who sees it; Ginger is the only thing he cares for.
Murmuring, for just the two of them to hear: )
I forgive you.
( Mika will still ask later, alone, to know Ginger's reasons, if Ginger doesn't suggest them himself - but he will trust that Ginger will, unprompted. But that is then. And even if Mika is upset with what he hears, he doesn't want Ginger to think he loves him any less, that he ought wring his hands over the chance that Mika might not forgive wherever he's erred. He has absolution already. Okay? So Mika just wants to know.
Because he had taken their promise in earnest - something to live and die by. It's not magic that's on the line, for him. )
Hold me?
( He says this for Ginger, more than anything. Don't be so sad (cute as your teary face is)... )