Chapter 16
Jan 12, 2026
New pages every month! Thank you for all the support ❤
A first version of this chapter was available exclusively on Patreon for a month before being reworked. I’m much happier with this version: it's slower with a more grounded rhythm.
I also brought the phone back, which I had simply forgotten in the first version huh.
That is why you see the Boy with his phone in front of the piano: he is typing a message to Tera, the first one, hesitating to send it cause he's worried.
I love the moment where Tera rests his head gently against the Boy. Just that. He doesn’t go any further because their relationship doesn’t allow it yet, and above all, because he’s not familiar with this tenderness. So it comes off a little awkward, a little unusual.
As for why he does this, I want readers to form their own interpretation, but for me there are two reasons (can be one, can be both, can be something else, it's up to you):
1/ Tera is coming back from a complicated, chaotic, murderous night. He’s injured and exhausted. Through all of this story, the Boy is the only source of tenderness and affection for Tera (or will become so). Tera knows this, and he allows himself to lean on him. He’s simply tired, looking for a little bit of that thing the Boy carries with him: tenderness.
2/ In that moment, Tera suddenly realizes the impact he now has on the Boy. Someone is waiting for him. He doesn’t like the idea that the Boy worried, that he was scared, that he had to "endure" those fears. That feels like a weight Tera didn’t want to put on his shoulders so he apologizes.
These are genuine apologies, he really feels guilty. He’s not used to causing worry: his group doesn’t show tenderness to each other, and above all, they trust each other: nothing can happen to them. So seeing this Boy consumed with worry unsettles him deeply.
I hope you enjoyed these pages!
Thank you for your patience and support!!❤
Z-Pico (z.pico)
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I couldn’t write more because of the character limit, but I had so much to say!! I really hope you enjoyed these pages and their new closeness. I can’t wait to see these physical interactions become more and more natural and evolve. Their body language is my passion!!
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