You're assuming it would get through my thick skull no matter how well you explained it.

[joon smiles, brushing at some more of those tears with the backs of his fingers. he'd meant it as a joke, a way to hopefully make him laugh, but maybe that's not very reassuring. hojoon might be comfortable simply accepting, but others might not be.]

So... [he frowns, looking down for a moment.] If you want to spend your life with him and you want to spend your life with me, what would happen if our lives went in separate ways.