"you promised you'd stop lying to me!" a pout goes unseen, diamond eyes watering with tears. "no more lies. tell me what's wrong! i'm your friend, so... can't you trust me....?" ( red diamond @ light / @pilumurale )
he looks tired - normal - and very guilty - abnormal . light reaches out , palm up , his hand a silent offer for red to take ... or to deny , as they see fit . he's not the sort to apologize , ever , and it shows -- but he's trying .
" ... you're right . you are my friend , and i did promise . i'm ... sorry . i just didn't want to worry you ; that's all . " he has to force the next bout of really , i'm fine , everything's fine , out of his vocabulary , because it's tempting him even still .
" i'm ... i can't stand up . " words that clearly agonize him to say , but light has always been independent to a fault . " i'm feeling -- unwell . very . which isn't unusual , but ... "