[He wants to argue, he wants to argue that the other didn't need to help him, or even worry about the thought of it. Part of him doesn't want help, so much so that he's solidly settled himself in the idea that he didn't need it.
But it's a sharp reminder of nights of waking up with the splitting, aching pain that traveled along his joints, reminding him of his walking curse of a body as his muscles tensed and pulled themselves apart--
It's the only thing that keeps his jaw gritted tightly shut as the others' too warm hands cup his too cold face.]
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But it's a sharp reminder of nights of waking up with the splitting, aching pain that traveled along his joints, reminding him of his walking curse of a body as his muscles tensed and pulled themselves apart--
It's the only thing that keeps his jaw gritted tightly shut as the others' too warm hands cup his too cold face.]