"I am thankful you like me."
Felix said helplessly as he thought Asher might let go of him once he responded. But, this was just the beginning.
"Duke...I am happy when I am around you. You always calm me down. I'm also thankful."
Asher said, not letting go of the duke yet, his fingers gently caressing the duke's face who was panicking again.
"Duke, do you trust me?"
"...Yeah."
When the duke responded, sounding very confident about his anwer, Asher couldn't help but widen his smile even more. His cheeks hurt, but he couldn't stop smiling. He was happy.
"Do you consider me to be someone you can talk about your personal problems with?"
"...I already did it, didn't I? I trusted you and...I will still."
Asher nodded and smiled at his answer, then following the silence, he spoke up again.
