[ really, he doesn't know, either. he's not all that different from nameless, in the end. ]

I hope so, too.

[ because that's really all you can do. he doesn't pull back, really - he'll let nameless stay there as long as he likes, being held. maybe he'll even hug back. ]

...Maybe not now. Maybe not even next week, or weeks from now, but it... it'll have to be. Eventually. I think I have to believe that.