[ Here's a familiar spike of anxiety, a sickening lurch in the pit of his stomach, and for a moment, the Communion's strength seems to weaken like Dokja is one panicked second away from severing it outright. He struggles to regain control, and it's a bit touch and go on whether or not he'll respond to the question.
There's no use denying it. He knows it himself that he's been doing everything he can to keep both her and Joonghyuk from getting too close. He's dodged their questions, avoided their looks, and postponed the talks he's promised them.
And now Eustace is getting involved?
He steels his heart, a coldness creeping up to it in order to brace for what he's about to say. It won't sit right with him, this much he knows, but Dokja has always built his walls even with the closest of companions. Eustace is no exception to that... is what he chooses to convince himself wth. ]
... Stay out of it. That's none of your business.
[ It hurts the way it always does. The slapping away of a hand reaching out in an attempt to help, to understand, to learn. But Dokja doesn't fold, only meets Eustace's challenging tone with his own frigid response as he forces down the part of him that desperately protests. ]
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There's no use denying it. He knows it himself that he's been doing everything he can to keep both her and Joonghyuk from getting too close. He's dodged their questions, avoided their looks, and postponed the talks he's promised them.
And now Eustace is getting involved?
He steels his heart, a coldness creeping up to it in order to brace for what he's about to say. It won't sit right with him, this much he knows, but Dokja has always built his walls even with the closest of companions. Eustace is no exception to that... is what he chooses to convince himself wth. ]
... Stay out of it. That's none of your business.
[ It hurts the way it always does. The slapping away of a hand reaching out in an attempt to help, to understand, to learn. But Dokja doesn't fold, only meets Eustace's challenging tone with his own frigid response as he forces down the part of him that desperately protests. ]