[how does he stop this. how does he fix it. he could hold sage until he stops shaking, he's strong enough. but how does he take this fear away? minsu's not afraid. his blood on sage's hand is the last thing that he'd be afraid of, but somehow he thinks that would only scare sage more. somehow he thinks he already knows anyway.]

Would it really be such a big loss? [minsu smiles a little, eyelashes fluttering.] I'm just a human. Kind of a trashy one at that.

[because sometimes minsu doesn't feel so good about himself either. sometimes he wishes people just wanted a little more from him. sage is the first one who's shown that he might, and minsu thinks that's worth taking the risk.

he draws him closer, pressing their foreheads together.]

But it's not going to happen. Your magic will just have to get used to me.