[Allowing Lockon to pull him closer, Tieria leans against Lockon a little more, head resting on his shoulder, body turned slightly more towards him.

It would be so easy to believe him. To listen to those soothing words and let himself forget the lead chain around his neck. But Tieria can't. Finally hearing what he'd expected to all along had hit him too hard. It had felt too right. Tieria knew all about keeping things hidden, how aggravating it was to let them slip, how easy it was to deny them afterwards. It would take more than that to convince him that Lockon hadn't been spilling a sick truth held deep in his heart.

And to top it all off, it was a stupid word like friend that pushed the tears over the edge and let them fall.]