#MorriWritesInuokkoWeek23

[casuallyscreaming]

He laughed, but even he could hear how self-deprecating and hollow it sounded. "I think I forgot what human contact felt like? No one's touched me since Rika started...not until you, uh, tapped me earlier. So, I was just—I didn't—" "Okaka," Inumaki said, shaking his head. They stared at each other for a few seconds before he spoke again, his eyes kind and his voice soft and his face still a little red. "Mentaiko." Yuuta had no idea what that meant. "Okay," he said anyway. ---- After their first mission together, Yuuta confesses to Toge that he's forgotten what human contact feels like. Toge spends the next few months giving Yuuta small touches throughout the day. By the time he's scheduled to leave for Africa, Yuuta still isn't really sure what to make of it, but one thing's for sure: he's not really sure he can live without it.