That... Nida was left standing there shocked at the words. One sided? Was that really what he was doing? And here was his husband, racing to his side to try and talk to him, understand him...

"I don't know what I expect," he said at last. "I just didn't want it to be a burden on you. From what little I understand of what you've lived, you've always held other people up, guiding your prince along. I figured the last thing you needed was to do that with me too. I just don't..."

Fuck, this wasn't stuff he talked about. With the Boss and his Brother, they had understood it. They were military background too. They got sacrifice and how it killed you. And yet... He was never really giving credit to Ignis for being the same thing, was he?

"Shit," he whispered to himself. Because he really had said that. "Fuck!"

Then he was pacing.

"You're like a SeeD, with your training."