[Klaus can't pull his hand away, not for a long few moments, because it's so amazing, just feeling Ben's heart beating under his fingertips. And it isn't like Ben is pulling away or objecting to the contact, and Klaus can't blame him. When Ben replies, Klaus glances up at his brother, green eyes locking on Ben's dark ones, and he raises his brows, manages a big stupid-looking grin.
Of course there are questions running through his head, it's hard to believe, it's kind of crazy, but their whole lives have been crazy lately, especially Klaus' with the whole Hadriel thing and everything that had gone down there, and the war and all that, and then Ben is saying maybe they'd just made a mistake bringing him here, and Klaus is shaking his head. He can tell Ben doesn't like that suggestion any more than he does.]
Man, maybe? When I went to Hadriel it was a mistake, I think? Might be the same for this place, but I haven't met whoever brought us here yet, so.
[He lets go of Ben's wrist and takes his hand instead, because he doesn't want to stop experiencing that feeling of Ben's warm, solid hand against his.
Then he glances over at him, and it connects. Klaus remembers Hadriel, and he'd been alone there, without his brother, or any of the other siblings. And the way Ben is talking is definitely like he hadn't been to Hadriel. Everything is so muddled up in Klaus' head right now, and his brows furrow a little.]
Wait, you weren't in Hadriel, right? Because there's no way I would've missed you being there. No way, man. I...
[Exhaling, he remembers what they'd been doing back home before he left as a sort of hazy fever dream, remembers Vanya and the destruction of the Academy and mom and Pogo and the bowling alley and the theatre and trying to stop the apocalypse only to have to try to time travel to get away from it. He'd been so dope sick he'd wanted to give up on life, he'd been hurting so much the end had almost seemed like an escape.
He's not feeling like that now.]
I haven't seen anyone but you yet. And...Ben, I've been gone from home for a couple months.
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Of course there are questions running through his head, it's hard to believe, it's kind of crazy, but their whole lives have been crazy lately, especially Klaus' with the whole Hadriel thing and everything that had gone down there, and the war and all that, and then Ben is saying maybe they'd just made a mistake bringing him here, and Klaus is shaking his head. He can tell Ben doesn't like that suggestion any more than he does.]
Man, maybe? When I went to Hadriel it was a mistake, I think? Might be the same for this place, but I haven't met whoever brought us here yet, so.
[He lets go of Ben's wrist and takes his hand instead, because he doesn't want to stop experiencing that feeling of Ben's warm, solid hand against his.
Then he glances over at him, and it connects. Klaus remembers Hadriel, and he'd been alone there, without his brother, or any of the other siblings. And the way Ben is talking is definitely like he hadn't been to Hadriel. Everything is so muddled up in Klaus' head right now, and his brows furrow a little.]
Wait, you weren't in Hadriel, right? Because there's no way I would've missed you being there. No way, man. I...
[Exhaling, he remembers what they'd been doing back home before he left as a sort of hazy fever dream, remembers Vanya and the destruction of the Academy and mom and Pogo and the bowling alley and the theatre and trying to stop the apocalypse only to have to try to time travel to get away from it. He'd been so dope sick he'd wanted to give up on life, he'd been hurting so much the end had almost seemed like an escape.
He's not feeling like that now.]
I haven't seen anyone but you yet. And...Ben, I've been gone from home for a couple months.