[ he's lucky they're friends. dimitri raises an eyebrow in disbelief when he winks at him, because - he hugged him, and he's currently draped on him right now, is there an expectation there? smh. dimitri just shakes his head.

but he thinks about what sylvain says, and how he phrased it, which he finds worrisome, though dimitri frets about everything. he's glad, all things considered, that the problem was resolved amiably, although it was obviously awkward for sylvain, which he is sorry about. but the rest of it - ]

You are the only person who can know who you are, and who you wish to be.

I know it's a bit rich, coming from me, but I think you're overthinking it. [ he says this to him gently. ] And I think you're being too harsh to yourself, when you say it like that. You have your faults, but that's not all that you are - nor is it all that you will ever be.