[The lack of environmental changes around him don't really make his feelings any less obvious, but it comes in stages. For several seconds, he simply stares at her, apparently frozen in place and not even breathing, but then he seems to remember he needs air and takes in a shaky breath, his gaze turning away from her and focusing on nothing in the distance.
That shaky breath is followed by another, his jaw trembling as he tries to ignore the stinging in his eyes.
He doesn't know if he wants his senses back to confirm it, in that moment. Would she even say something like that to him if it wasn't true—would she be that cruel? He tries not to think very hard about the situation, but there's only so long he can delay it. The thought of restraining his feelings in front of his mother doesn't even cross his mind at that moment; he hardly even registers that she's there anymore.]
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That shaky breath is followed by another, his jaw trembling as he tries to ignore the stinging in his eyes.
He doesn't know if he wants his senses back to confirm it, in that moment. Would she even say something like that to him if it wasn't true—would she be that cruel? He tries not to think very hard about the situation, but there's only so long he can delay it. The thought of restraining his feelings in front of his mother doesn't even cross his mind at that moment; he hardly even registers that she's there anymore.]