[ As always, even as things looked at their worst, Hide was already thinking too far ahead into things. It wasn't that he didn't consider the different possibilities, but it was more that he had a thousand other things on his mind before this even came into complete question.
He went quiet at his friend's words, musing over it as his head tilted to the side slightly in thought. They claimed to be helping them but really this just seemed like some cruel game to him until he knew otherwise, the bitter and painful thoughts of the place he'd almost called 'home' being gone something he doesn't want to think about other than the sole thought that maybe them being here just wasn't to fix their worlds with helping CELES and there was more to it than they all initially thought.
This earned a small, barely audible scoff from his lips, gaze downcast for a brief instance. ]
Probably..
[ Rhetorical questions or not he couldn't resist the need to answer it even if it's a simple response, his mind still not all here on this matter.
He tried to not be an open book and kept others at bay with his mask, believing it the best way to protect them. It didn't mean that it wasn't without it's imperfections that people could see when he slipped up and showed them just for one instance. Picking up on the little things and picking it apart until it made sense to what things meant; Hide had always been that kind of person and he should have known better when he saw those eyes trail up to his hair like that. His time spent in Yamori's 'care' was something that people would have to try really hard to pry out of him as it was a sensitive, biting subject for him.
That and he had no desire to worry or bother his best friend with things so dark and hopeless like that. He'd never want to know the extent of pain he'd been made to endure and suffer through in those days.
Infact, Kaneki almost expects rejection, revulsion and a look not unlike someone viewing a disgusting bug or insect, but then THAT look crosses Hide's face and he... ]
W-What...? How... How long have you known...?
[ His eyes are wide and he looks almost disbelieving, yet almost hopeful. He wants this to be real. That gentle smile continuing to break pieces away from that carefully crafted mask. ]
no subject
He went quiet at his friend's words, musing over it as his head tilted to the side slightly in thought. They claimed to be helping them but really this just seemed like some cruel game to him until he knew otherwise, the bitter and painful thoughts of the place he'd almost called 'home' being gone something he doesn't want to think about other than the sole thought that maybe them being here just wasn't to fix their worlds with helping CELES and there was more to it than they all initially thought.
This earned a small, barely audible scoff from his lips, gaze downcast for a brief instance. ]
Probably..
[ Rhetorical questions or not he couldn't resist the need to answer it even if it's a simple response, his mind still not all here on this matter.
He tried to not be an open book and kept others at bay with his mask, believing it the best way to protect them. It didn't mean that it wasn't without it's imperfections that people could see when he slipped up and showed them just for one instance. Picking up on the little things and picking it apart until it made sense to what things meant; Hide had always been that kind of person and he should have known better when he saw those eyes trail up to his hair like that. His time spent in Yamori's 'care' was something that people would have to try really hard to pry out of him as it was a sensitive, biting subject for him.
That and he had no desire to worry or bother his best friend with things so dark and hopeless like that. He'd never want to know the extent of pain he'd been made to endure and suffer through in those days.
Infact, Kaneki almost expects rejection, revulsion and a look not unlike someone viewing a disgusting bug or insect, but then THAT look crosses Hide's face and he... ]
W-What...? How... How long have you known...?
[ His eyes are wide and he looks almost disbelieving, yet almost hopeful. He wants this to be real. That gentle smile continuing to break pieces away from that carefully crafted mask. ]