...I know what you meant, and it means more than you think.

[His words are still dulled and more than anything they sound tired; he does reach up eventually to play with Ryuunosuke's hair, though it's in an odd, vaguely delirious way that implies that he's not really aware of what he's doing, he's just mimicking what Ryuunosuke's doing to him.]

I want to ask you for one more thing, then. To promise me something else.