Since Sorey was getting up Yuri was doing the same. He did most of his stretching whilst still being seated. Then, after leaning forward and dragging his boots out from under the bed, he paused.
❛ It’d be more trouble if you ended up lost. ❜
Which was just another way of saying that he intended to go with him.
He noticed Sorey’s attention wandered towards the window. Without putting his shoes on he stood up and crossed the meager distance between them. One step, two steps, then three: they were side by side in a different way. Yuri settled one of his hands on his own hip but left the other rest in wait.
❛ I don’t know much about stars… That one, though… ❜
Finally his patient arm rose to direct Sorey’s gaze towards the largest and brightest star. There was something undeniably nostalgic about the moment. He could remember the exact evening he had first heard about that star so well. Yet despite the warmth that memory elicited he kept almost all of the story to himself, safe and sound. Old habits died hard.
❛ A friend told me its called ‘Brave Vesperia,’ our guild is named after it. ❜
In place of those details he shared a gentle smile (the kind that settled in his eyes instead of only on his lips). It wasn’t aimed at the star, though he surely had some fondness for it, but for Sorey himself. A testament to the growing bond between them.
SOREY’S attention was momentarily diverted from the stars when the other arrived by his side. He curiously flickered his gaze back to his companion in question when he mentioned a STAR and his emerald hues soon followed the direction of his arm. In the same way, his eyes TWINKLED at the sight before him, almost FASCINATED by such a star but it was all melted away when he glanced back to observe Yuri’s expression.
-- He’s never seen such a GENTLE smile before.
His heart skipped a pleasant beat and he thoughtlessly averted his eyes to the stars once more. It was quite ROMANTIC, to name the guild after a star that shone as bright as HOPE.
❛ ‘ Brave Vesperia ’ ... huh ? I think it’s a perfect name. ❜ As if to confirm his words, he looked back at him with a widened smile, tender with FONDNESS for his companion before him. Perhaps what WARMED his heart was being able to experience a moment like this with Yuri.