Levin’s series of facial expressions does nothing to convince Azelle he is as he says. He almost thinks he knows the feeling – if this were Velthomer, and every one was partying out in the hall even after Arvis had torn him a new one for running off for what’s now been years, Azelle would have left for a quiet place to be alone, too…
But Lex would have followed him, and Tailtiu probably would, too, and Levin is here… Alone.
❝ Would you rather I leave..?? ❞ he asks, hesitantly, but makes no move to do so.
❝ Or… If you want to talk about it, I’ll listen… Or if you don’t want to talk about it, I don’t mind that either. ❞
He frowns a bit, pouting slightly. It’s an awkward situation, but Azelle wouldn’t feel right to just leave the prince in some dark room by himself.
❝ You know, I’m… I’m kinda afraid to go home, too. So… I understand… ❞
Levin doesn’t acknowledge Azelle’s words - at least, not directly. His shoulders start shaking as the Velthomer trails off, and at first it seems like he’s about to cry again - except, instead of starting to sob, he laughs.
“She’s always been like this. She’s always fuckin’ - g-” he bites out the ending ‘g’, as hard as he can manage; the realization that he’d done so causes him to sink back down to his seat on the floor, laughing all the way down.
“They told me she wanted me to come back home!” he says, his voice and the smile on his face overly bright and cheery. “Told me that she - that she cried every day from the lack of me, or whatever. And I believed it! I wanted to believe so hard that - that for once in her life she actually wanted me.”
Levin gives one last laugh, bitterer than the rest. “Well. I always have been a fool. Didn’t even acknowledge me, y’know? I stood by Sigurd the entire time, an’, she just acted like I wasn’t there. I came back home, I came to her to talk, without any extra promptin’ from her. It was the exact thing she supposedly wanted - an’ she told me she didn’t even have a son.”
He drops his head to his hands, not even looking at Azelle. “Fucked up, ain’t it? Guess I should’ve stayed in Agustria after all.”
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