[So he takes the opportunity to take one of his hands from the curve of Shinji's back, and be brings it once again to Shinji's face. This time, though, it's just his fingertips. He first touches Shinji's nose, the bridge and then the tip, but it doesn't have time to be a cute gesture, because now he's brushing the dip of Shinji's philtrum; he's outlining and then filling in the chapped color of Shinji's lips. His fingers linger there, and then rise away, to his friend's brow; he touches all across, thumbs away the remnants of any creases.
He looks like he's crafting something, though he does not create art, but venerates it.]
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[So he takes the opportunity to take one of his hands from the curve of Shinji's back, and be brings it once again to Shinji's face. This time, though, it's just his fingertips. He first touches Shinji's nose, the bridge and then the tip, but it doesn't have time to be a cute gesture, because now he's brushing the dip of Shinji's philtrum; he's outlining and then filling in the chapped color of Shinji's lips. His fingers linger there, and then rise away, to his friend's brow; he touches all across, thumbs away the remnants of any creases.
He looks like he's crafting something, though he does not create art, but venerates it.]