Sui.... he-ey.... c'mon now.....

[ Get pulled into a tight embrace! ]

Breathe for me, yeah? Let's... let's calm down....

W-whoa---- Hey - hey, baby - Sui -- why the tears?
[ He gently reaches out to wipe those tears away! ]

Who~?

—[He wants to hug him. But would that be too much? Probably!]

.....

[He doesn't like that. Makes him feel like maybe he's not good enough. Not that he'll ever tell Sui! But it does kind of hurt to not be worthy of being trusted with things.

So, instead, he pulls off his shades and slips them onto Sui's face.]

Look like you need 'em more than me right now. —

[He frowns and gently runs a hand through Sui's hair. Concerned!]

.....Ya don't sound fine.

Hey, baby.... you okay?

.... Oh. Hah~ Right!

Wh-HEY

Don't tell everyone!

Course I am. You're a good person. Could spend time anywhere in the world, with anyone, and you're... Choosing to stay in. With a retired fighter more trouble than he's probably worth~

You would, if I weren't good for you~
Hope you would, at least. Doesn't matter, I'd leave myself!

[He sighs and shrugs.]

You phrase stuff like you don't think I've got long left, you know. Dunno if you mean to..

[His eyes peek open at that, brows briefly furrowed in uncertainty]

Is something wrong, Lex? Didn't think I'd said anything all that serious~

Just making conversation, don't think too hard about it!

That's what I do~

Well, you said crops~ Dunno who else spends their time around.... Say, what /kind/ of crops~?

[Small shrug.]

Better than some stuff that I've been through, worse than others.

[Oh! He leans into that touch almost immediately.]

....Well~ I don't want you to leave.

And I wouldn't... You know. If I only hurt you, I wouldn't stick around.

Oh? My fame has made it all the way to......

[A pause, thinking]

Farmers?