[ swaddled!!! easily so. hope's really light - he's smaller than saburo - so ichiro has no issues picking him up. he is really, really careful, making sure not to jostle him too much, and starts to head for the winter dorm.

he only glances down at him again when he speaks up. a range of emotions flicker across ichiro's face, from surprise to understanding to... anger, flaring in his red and green eyes. fierce and unyielding. ]

...yeah. I'm getting it. [ oh he HATES this. ]

Walk me through everything that happened. When did you start feeling like that? While we were talking?