[ ... That's right. It's all inevitable, the end, Finality, Nihility, but isn't that what he resolved to live in spite of? If he makes his choice base off fear, refuses to gamble...then nothing will change, and that predetermined end will wind up just the way Acheron had said. But the ending wasn't where life's meaning is found; it's in the living of it.
Every moment of happiness in his life has been like a spark, a flash in the darkness. If those moments are worth it for Nico, really worth it, then...
Slowly, Aventurine's gaze lifts to meet the other man's, hands slipping free from Nico's touch, but only so he can lift them to cup at Nico's jaw instead, like he's the most precious thing his hands have ever held. ]
Then what sort of gambler would I be, if I didn't take that chance with you?
[ Yes. He'll make this gamble. Not just for Nico, but for himself, because he deserves to be happy, too. So when he meets his family again...
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Every moment of happiness in his life has been like a spark, a flash in the darkness. If those moments are worth it for Nico, really worth it, then...
Slowly, Aventurine's gaze lifts to meet the other man's, hands slipping free from Nico's touch, but only so he can lift them to cup at Nico's jaw instead, like he's the most precious thing his hands have ever held. ]
Then what sort of gambler would I be, if I didn't take that chance with you?
[ Yes. He'll make this gamble. Not just for Nico, but for himself, because he deserves to be happy, too. So when he meets his family again...
...it's with a smile, instead of tears. ]