[For a moment, the tables are turned on Diarmuid. Instead of him being the whole world for Gilgamesh, the golden king becomes the whole world for him. Gilgamesh's words rush over him both across the bond and though his ears. The feelings the golden king is experiencing and the power in that order do battle with his words to see which can claim more of Diarmuid's world for themselves. However, Diarmuid doesn't mind being lost for that short time. He feels safe. Welcome. Wanted. They are things he doesn't get to feel all that often sometimes.
As his mind starts to clear, a smile pulls on the corner of his mouth, or at least as much as it can considering his mouth's current activities.
I am glad we met too.
He was always right. Just like you.
I was the only one who saw him smile like that. Everyone else...
Suddenly, sadness and something very near regret dart across the bond.
They thought him heartless and cruel. A man only meant for war. A man meant to live and die in battle and do nothing else.
It was how he was expected to be. It was not him at all. Only I knew the real him. Only I...
I don't mean to turn away. But things...are not so important to me. Other people's happiness. That is what I wish for.
His happiness. Your happiness is what I wish for.
I will stay if you want me. Forever. I won't ever leave.
Be happy for me. And I will always have that smile for you.
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As his mind starts to clear, a smile pulls on the corner of his mouth, or at least as much as it can considering his mouth's current activities.
I am glad we met too.
He was always right. Just like you.
I was the only one who saw him smile like that. Everyone else...
Suddenly, sadness and something very near regret dart across the bond.
They thought him heartless and cruel. A man only meant for war. A man meant to live and die in battle and do nothing else.
It was how he was expected to be. It was not him at all. Only I knew the real him. Only I...
I don't mean to turn away. But things...are not so important to me. Other people's happiness. That is what I wish for.
His happiness. Your happiness is what I wish for.
I will stay if you want me. Forever. I won't ever leave.
Be happy for me. And I will always have that smile for you.
Always.]