Then that's all that matters to me. [ he really is kind of a bro about this. shoma doesn't always entirely believe happiness is something he's able to have, but he does think the people he likes the most deserve it and will fight anyone who tries to take it.

a few more dogs trot up to the two of them and shoma's immediately scritching their ears and letting them lick at his hands. dogs are healing, etc. ]

It almost feels too good to be true, but that just makes it even better knowing it is, you know? We actually made it work. A lot of people have missed you. It's probably gonna take a few days for all of us to really catch up. But the break's nice.

[ he has been really loving this no-murder weekend, actually. ]