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“So who are the two most inseparable members of this team?” Isu mused as he sat on the huge sofa. The whole team was gathered in the lounge area of the luxurious apartment they were staying in for this floor.
“What do the two even do in the test anyway?” Endorsi nonchalantly said as she sat on the armchair across Isu, legs crossed while she busily filed her long nails.
“The only thing we were told was two of the closest members of the team would be put in a room to take the test. But we have no idea what the test actually is.” Isu leaned back on the sofa and put his hands behind his head, looking up at the ceiling.
“Two of us alone in a room together? Then count me in! Bam and I will take the test.” Endorsi stood up from the chair on which she was sitting and sauntered to where Bam was sitting on the window seat.
Just as she was about to grab Bam’s arm, she was blocked by Khun who had his arms crossed and an annoyed expression on his face.
“If you and Bam took the test, you would literally be inseparable from Bam, considering how hard you grip his arm when you are beside him. Besides, he injured his right arm in the last test.” Khun rolled his eyes at the Jahad princess, causing her to pout and attempt to kick him, which he easily dodged.
“After doing some in depth research about this floor, I found out that more teams dissolve on this floor than any other floor in the Tower.”
“What? Why?” Bam inquired from behind Khun, and Khun turned around to answer his question.
“I am not exactly sure. There was no record of what the test was exactly. There was no information on what exactly caused the team to split apart.” Khun had this certain look on his face when he was thinking deeply, his brows furrowed and his right hand under his chin.
“Well, since we don’t exactly know what we are going to deal with, I think I should be one of the pair to take the exam.”
All eyes turned to the wave controller, as he offered to be one of the two who would take the test.
“But weren’t you injured in the last floor test?” Hatz voiced out the same thing that everyone in the team was currently thinking.
“Bam? Not you again you ne-“
“Khun, it’s okay. I want us to pass this test quickly without any harm done to the team. If this floor is known to break a team up, then I want to do whatever it takes to not make that happen. Besides, I’m healed already. The thorn, remember?” Golden eyes were filled with determination, and the whole team knew that there was no arguing with Bam when he had that look in his eyes.
“Okay then. Bam will be one of the two who will take the test. Now who is the closest to Bam?” As soon as Isu finished his question, the whole team shot a glance at Khun, as a momentary silence fell over the team.
“Of course it’s me! Your great leader! Black turtle and his Great Leader Rak will be the one to take the test.” Little Rak stood up from his spot on the floor and declared his statement with a half-eaten banana in his hand and piles of banana peels on the floor surrounding him.
“Shut up you stupid Gator. No one wants to be close to you and your banana breath.”
“You dare insult your mighty leader, Blue Turtle?” Rak made a movement to approach Khun and give him a piece of his mind, but he ended up slipping on one of the many banana peels that surrounded him.
“Rak! Are you okay?” Bam asked while he attempted to stifle his laughter while everyone else burst into laughter at the comical sight of little Rak laying on the floor covered in a pile of banana peels.
“Of course I am fine! Your great leader never gets hurt.” Poor Rak scrambled quickly to his feet, a poor attempted to cover up his embarrassment.
“Anyways, it is settled then. My love and Bam will take the test on behalf of the team tomorrow.” Isu suddenly turned serious and put one arm each on Khun and Bam who were now standing beside each other. “I hope that the two of you will be safe.”
The light atmosphere suddenly turned heavy, until Khun swatted Isu’s arm off his shoulder and announced, “Of course we will be fine, Isu. We have Bam after all.”
And the meeting ended with that statement, the rest of the team dispersing to do whatever they wanted for the rest of the day.
Everything was settled.
Except the thoughts of a particular blunette.
All throughout their climb up the Tower, he and the team heavily relied on Bam, especially when it came to the floor tests.
And this thought sparked something in Khun.
He thought back to the Floor of Tests when he promised that he would be the one to take Bam up the Tower. But why did it seem like Bam was the one taking him up the Tower?
The team would take and take from Bam, rarely giving him breaks between floor tests. Bam was almost always one of the team members that took part in the test.
But Khun made a promise. A promise to the boy he fell in love with since that fateful day on the Floor of Tests.
He was going to take Bam up the Tower. As long as he had the power to do so, as long as his body was able, he was going to do it. No matter what the cost.
Even if Bam did not know it now, he was going to give. Give whatever he could to Bam.
Khun was tired of taking and taking from the one he loved. He was going to give it his all, to keep Bam safe in the test they were taking, and all the tests that were to come as they climbed.
“Khun? Why are you still out here? Couldn’t sleep?” A voice that Khun would recognize from a thousand, snapped him out of his thoughts.
Shit. Khun thought to himself. He was so deep in his thoughts that he didn’t notice that he was still seated out on the balcony. A quick glance at his pocket showed that it was 3am in the morning.
“I- I’m fine Bam. Just trying to figure out what exactly will be the test that we are taking tomorrow.” Khun put his pocket back in invisible mode and looked up at the shinsu night sky that was littered with faint stars.
Khun held back a gasp when he felt a familiar presence settle at his side, their shoulder’s close, but not touching.
“Khun.”
A moment of silence fell as Khun held his breath, awaiting Bam’s question.
“Do you think we’ll pass the test tomorrow?”
And Khun turns his head to meet golden eyes gazing at him, shining in the dark of night. Eyes filled with uncertainty, yet filled with determination.
It seemed like yesterday that Khun stared into those same golden eyes, filled with nothing but innocence then.
The same eyes that were upon him now were still innocent, reflecting the noble and selfless character of its owner. But it was filled with other emotions, brought upon years of trials and the struggle of climbing the damn Tower.
Khun took a deep breath and carefully contemplated his answer.
“I don’t know.”
And as the words fell from his lips, Bam looked down to his lap, the look of uncertainty in his face growing.
“But I do know this.”
The brunette instantly raised his head expectantly at Khun.
“We can do it. We have you after all, Bam.” Khun managed a smile as he spoke those words, the effect on Bam instantaneous, the look of uncertainty slightly fading.
How ironic. Khun was speaking the same words that supported the reality that he hated. The reality that all they did, all he did was take from Bam.
He had secretly promised to himself that he would live for Bam, love him like he deserved, even if the person he cherished had no idea yet.
But giving back takes time, especially when Khun was taught his whole life to take and use people only for his own gain.
He was learning, and he was going to take it one step at a time. Show Bam his love in everything, even if it would take years from Bam to figure it out.
“Thank you, Khun. I’m glad I’m taking the test with you tomorrow.” And the last traces of doubt in Bam’s eyes melted away, his eyes turning up as a soft smile graced his face.
Khun was going to do whatever it takes to keep that face smiling. He was done taking. He was going to start giving, even if he knew it could never make up for everything that Bam had given to the team, given to him.
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“Are you ready, Bam?” Khun glanced at the person standing beside him, who was in his usual outfit of white and red, made of special material that could withstand his powerful demonstrations, such as activating the thorns.
Khun was also dressed in a similar fashion, but the lining of his clothes were blue, specially made to hold up under his ice shinsu and the manifestation of the fire fish.
“I’m ready, Khun.” Bam flashed a small smile to Khun before a cautious look settled upon his demeanor.
Khun nodded before climbing the stairs with Bam, heading inside the building where the test was going to be held. As the pair made their way to the center of the room, the door suddenly shut and the area morphed into a small room, unlike any other place that they had taken a test.
“Welcome, Khun Aguero Agnis and Jyu Viole Grace.” The test administrator said, the voice heard over the hidden speakers in the room.
The testing room looked like a plainly furnished bedroom, with a bed in the corner and a table with two chairs set in the middle of the room.
“This is where we’ll be taking the test?” Khun spoke to the administrator, confused at the setting in which they found themselves in. He glanced at Bam on his right, who also had an inquisitive look on his face.
“You are correct, son of Khun.” The test administrator answered.
Khun took another glance at Bam who also met his gaze, before speaking to the test administrator again.
“So what’s the test?”
Both Khun and Bam held their breath as they waited for the test administrator to explain the test.
“The test is simple. One of you will be chosen at random, and the one who gets chosen will have his deepest, most intimate desire about the other revealed.”
Khun froze as he heard the first part of the test. And suddenly, Khun understood why many teams broke up after this floor’s test.
What kind of fucked up test was this? Who decides to set up a test to reveal a person’s deepest desire with the other?
This was fucking twisted.
Even if you are closest to a person, there is always a hidden thought or desire that you never want that person to know. It’s part of human nature after all, to keep secrets, especially hidden and vulgar desires that are carefully hidden from any other living being.
And once that forbidden desire is revealed, it all depends upon the reaction of the other, and if the shock of the revelation would be too much to bear, destroying a friendship that stood the test of time until this moment of painful revelation.
And if the two, most closely knitted members of the team decided to split, then the team would be in shambles. A good team is founded upon complete trust in every single member of the team- in each other after all.
But Khun wasn’t afraid of their team falling apart-no. He had a greater fear.
A sick feeling settled in Khun’s gut. His desire couldn’t be revealed now. It would ruin his plan of giving to Bam, showing Bam how much he loved him.
“Khun? Khun.” The voice calling his name brought Khun out of his thoughts and back to the present situation.
“Khun. The test administrator is about to explain the rest of the test.” Khun met golden eyes that were in front of him, the eyes of the person that he had loved since the Floor of Tests. But he couldn’t meet his gaze directly, fear of the aftermath that the test could bring, looming in front of him.
“Once the desire of the one chosen is revealed, you two will have to satisfy that desire to pass the test. If you don’t, both of you and the whole team fails. You will have to wait for a year to retake the test.”
How cruel, how fucking cruel.
“Do you understand the mechanics of this test?”
Anger at the brutality of the Tower boiled inside of Khun, rendering him silent after the test administrator finished explaining the test.
“We understand.” Khun whipped his head to his right as he heard Bam answer on behalf of the two of them. No trace of doubt or fear in his face, only determination.
Maybe Bam had nothing to fear and lose in this test. Bam was selfless, always putting himself on the line for those in danger. Maybe Bam was so pure that his most intimate desire about Khun and their team was to wish them to be safe.
But Khun was the complete opposite.
Everything that he ever cared about, he could lose it all here. He was a man full of secrets, and the most hidden one might be revealed here. Because his deepest, most intimate desire was with the person beside him.
“Son of Khun, do you understand the mechanics of the test?” The test administrator’s voice rang through the speakers, causing Khun’s anger to smoulder in him. For now, he had to focus on passing the test.
For him, for the team, for Bam.
Khun clenched and unclenched his fist before looking up. “I understand.”
“Good. We will now select the person whose desire will be revealed.”
A screen suddenly appeared on the small table of the room, a randomizer with both of their names set on the screen.
“Press the start button whenever the two of you are ready. Also, once the test starts, I will no longer be present to watch the two of you take the test to give you a little privacy. An automated announcement will be made if you passed the test, or if you mutually agree not to take the test.”
Thank goodness. There was some mercy at least while taking this goddamn test.
Bam shot a glance at Khun, and Khun briefly glanced back before focusing on the screen in front of them.
“Are you...ready, Bam?” Hell was about to break loose, and there was no going back.
“I’m ready, Khun. I trust you.”
Surprise took over Khun at the words that Bam spoke, his cerulean eyes blowing wide. Just as he was about to blurt out a response, Bam pushed the button, starting the randomizer.
The pair held their breath, as the arrow fluctuated between their names on the screen.
It felt like an eternity to Khun, as the arrow slowed its oscillation.
And when the arrow stopped, everything came crashing down, and the world slowed to a stop. The silence hanging in the air, suddenly filled with high pitch static as the results of the randomizer flashed brightly on the screen in front of them.
Oh no.
Oh fucking no.
“I’m sorry, Khun.” The voice beside him filled with sympathy, suddenly distant, and the name flashing on the screen suddenly too bright.
It was his name on the screen.
Khun’s name.
An automated voice message spoke up suddenly.
“Khun Aguero Agnis, son of Eduan.”
Blue eyes suddenly blew wide with panic as the voice was about to announce his deepest desire with the other person in the room.
No. Please no. Why is this Tower so fucking cruel. I’m going to take again, and this time, I’m taking something that I can never return.
“To pass the test, Khun Aguero Agnis has to have sex with Jyu Viole Grace.”
And just like that, Khun’s last wall of defense came crashing down. And he was vulnerable. So vulnerable in front of the person that he loved.
“Bam, I- I’m sorry. It’s okay if you don’t want to take the test. We’ll just look for another way to past the test or if you hate me it’s fine. I’m sorry. I’m s-“ Khun started, unable to meet Bam’s gaze.
This was it. The end of his relationship with the person he loved. Their friendship that lasted all through the years of climbing the Tower, now shattered by one cruel test.
All Khun could do was apologize, and maybe, maybe find a way for the team to pass the test and continue climbing the Tower. Even if it meant separating from Bam and the rest of the team.
I can still fix this. I can still make sure t-
“Khun. Khun!” And he was suddenly brought back to face reality as Bam gently grabbed Khun by the shoulders and shook him.
And Khun couldn’t bare to stare at those golden eyes.
”R-remember, when I said I trust you, Khun?” Khun gazed up and met Bam’s eyes as he told Khun to recall the words he had said before the test started. Bam had a shy look on his face, and a faint blush was on his cheeks. Khun couldn’t help but think of how beautiful Bam was like this, close to him.
”I-I still trust you.” And Khun’s blue eyes widened at Bam’s reaction to the shocking revelation.
“B-but this is something that shouldn’t be taken lightly. A-are you..Have you done this before?” Khun dreaded the answer to his question, the guilt in his chest slowly growing.
“I haven’t.” Bam looked down as he answered, the blush on his cheeks growing wider. “But I’m glad it’s you. I want it to be you.” He looked up as he spoke the last sentence. And damn. Khun thought that there was no sight that could be compared to the beauty set before him.
“W-we aren’t even lovers, Bam. H-how could you say that.” There was a glimmer of hope in Khun, a small flame kindling that Bam somehow loves him too. But this was too much to hope for. Too much to ask.
”But...w-what if I love you, Khun.”
And suddenly, the unpredictable world of the Tower became even more unpredictable for Khun, as he received an answer that he never expected from the person beside him. The person that he had loved since the beginning.
Suddenly, the face that was inches in front of him leaned and Khun felt a soft, clumsy kiss land on his own lips.
This was Bam confessing to him, this was Bam kissing him. And suddenly, nothing else mattered. He pressed back, pushing his lips against Bam’s soft ones, kissing him over and over again.
Bam loved him. Bam loved him. Bam loved him.
And he wanted this.
After a few moments of kissing each other, Khun pulled back for air and leaned his forehead against Bam’s. He needed to make sure that Bam wanted to do this.
“A-are you sure you want to do this, Bam? I don’t want you to be pressured, just so that we can pass the test.”
”I want this, Khun. Even if it wasn’t a floor test.” And all of Khun’s restraint came crashing down, capturing Bam’s lips between his and conveying all of his feelings in the kisses he gave.
Khun pushed Bam back into the wall beside the bed, never breaking the kiss and gripping Bam’s waist flush against his. A small gasp escaped Bam at the sudden gesture from Khun. In response, Bam wrapped his arms around Khun’s head and tangled his fingers in Khun’s silvery, blue locks.
And Khun’s brain was about to explode. He wasn’t dreaming. This was reality. Bam loved him, and would be Bam’s first. This was something he only dreamed about, never expecting it to become a reality.
Khun grabbed Bam’s left thigh and wrapped it around his waist, their crotches making contact for the first time making the two of them gasp at the sudden sensation. “K-khun. Hnghh....Ah!” Bam moaned as Khun started trailing kisses from Bam’s lips, to his cheek, under his jaw, and finally at his neck. Khun possessively bit the juncture of Bam’s neck and shoulder, marking smooth skin for the very first time.
“Bam.” Khun lost himself in the addictive scent of Bam, burying his nose in Bam’s neck and his soft, brown hair that was falling loose out of it’s tie. Khun then grabbed both of Bam’s thighs and wrapped them around his waist, carrying Bam to the bed and setting him down gently, never once removing his gaze from Bam’s face lost in the pleasure of the sensations he was experiencing for the first time.
“Bam, can I?” Khun wanted to kiss every inch of Bam’s torso, his toned figure hidden underneath the shirt that he was wearing.
”P-please.” And Khun grabbed the hem of Bam’s shirt, slowly pulling it up while trailing kisses at the skin that was slowly being exposed. “K-khun!” Bam moaned, as Khun continued his little ritual. Finally, Khun pulled off Bam’s entire shirt, diving in to kiss him again on the lips.
“K-khun.” Bam panted, his golden eyes almost swallowed whole with his dilated pupils, his brown hair disheveled on the white sheets, his face flushed. And Khun once again thought he was so lucky that someone as beautiful as Bam loved him. And he was going to fuck Bam. The thought suddenly caused his own dick to twitch in arousal. “I-I want you take your shirt off too.” And Khun was too far gone to be saved after that needy statement from Bam.
He took of his shirt, revealing his sculpted abs, and milky white skin. Bam quietly gasped at the sight, reaching out to trace his fingers along Khun’s stomach, making him shudder from the touch. Khun leaned down and pressed another kiss to Bam’s lips before going lower and capturing Bam’s nipple between his teeth while pinching the other with his right hand.
“AH! K-khun!” Bam writhed underneath Khun, getting lost in the pleasure. And oh, Khun thought he could stare at Bam, just like this for him, all day. Bam reached out to wrap his arms around Khun’s neck and lunged forward, a sign that he wanted to kiss Khun again. And who was Khun to refuse what Bam desired?
Khun leaned down and kissed Bam again, slipping his tongue in to intertwine with Bam’s. He reached down with his right hand and palmed Bam’s clothed crotch, causing him to mewl. “Do you really want this, Bam?” Khun pulled back from the kiss and asked again, wanting to make sure that Bam was not forced into doing something that he was not comfortable with.
“P-please, Khun. I need you.” Golden eyes hazy with lust and pleasure pleaded with him, finally washing away any trace of doubt in Khun’s mind. Bam really wanted this. He slightly pulled back from Bam and pulled off his pants, finally freeing Bam’s dick from the constraints of his pants.
And Khun couldn’t wait to touch it, with its swollen tip already dripping precome. “Bam, your so beautiful.” Khun said as he experimentally gripped Bam’s dick, slowly stroking it, trying to find the way that would pleasure Bam the most. He ran his thumb across Bam’s slit, spreading the precome around, making Bam moan loudly, a sound that was music to Khun’s ears.
“Ah. AH! K-khun....hnghhh...p-please..” And Khun continually stroked Bam, while sucking marks on his neck and all over his chest. But Khun wanted something more, as he was painfully reminded by his own cock that was painfully hard in his pants. He wanted to fuck Bam, bury himself in the warmth of Bam’s ass.
”I’m going to prep you now, Bam. I want to make this feel good for you, and I don’t want to hurt you.” Khun turned his lust-filled gaze to Bam’s, who was all but a lost cause. And a warm feeling erupted in Khun’s chest. Bam was feeling good because of him. He was finally able to convey his love for Bam through physical touches and caresses. Something he wanted to do for a long, long time.
Bam nodded at Khun’s words, but Khun wanted to hear him say it. “Say it, Bam. I want to hear it from you.”
”Yes, Khun. P-please.” Bam panted as Khun did not stop stroking Bam’s cock the entire time. As Khun heard the words he had been waiting to hear, he grabbed the lube that was conveniently placed on the the bedside table, and uncapped it, pouring a generous amount on to his fingers. He took a deep breath before lining his finger to Bam’s puckered hole.
“I’m going to start, now Bam.” And he pressed his finger inside, only able to insert it up the first knuckle. Bam’s eyes widened and he gasped at the foreign intrusion, suddenly clenching tighter around Khun’s finger. Khun reached his left hand out and intertwined it with Bam’s, slowly coaxing him to relax by planting a soft kiss on the inside of Bam’s thigh.
”Bam, I need you to relax for me. Can you do that? I promise it will feel better soon.” Bam’s harsh panting slowed, and soon Khun was able to push his finger in and out of Bam’s hole. “That’s it. Good job, Bam.” After a few minutes, Khun felt Bam pushing back against his finger.
“K-khun. M-more.” And Khun added a second lubed finger beside the first, slowly scissoring in an attempt to loosen Bam up. “Hnghh..AH!” Bam whined at the addition, but after Khun planted more kisses on Bam’s thighs and on his cock, Bam was soon pushing back against Khun’s fingers.
Khun was now painfully hard, his cokc begging to be freed from his pants, but he needed to be patient. He wanted Bam’s first to be a pleasurable one, not one full of pain. He was suddenly brought back to the present situation as Bam gripped his hand tighter, and his pushing back on Khun’s fingers got faster. “P-please, Khun. I need you.” Bam pleaded, making Khun surge up to capture Bam’s moans with his lips, drinking down the delicious sounds that he was causing Bam to make.
“I’m going to add a third finger now, okay?” And Khun thrust in a finger to join the other two, Bam now loose and almost ready. The thought that he would soon be inside Bam’s warm heat filled Khun’s mind with lust, clouding every other sensation around him that wasn’t Bam.
“K-khun! P-please. I want you.” And Khun pulled his fingers out of Bam, making him whine at the sudden loss. He quickly pulled down his own pants and kicked it off, his hard dick finally free. At the sight, Bam gasped, his golden eyes hazy with need. Khun spread lube on his own cock, pumping it a few times before pressing one last kiss to Bam’s thigh and going up to stare directly into Bam’s eyes. He wanted to see Bam’s reaction when he entered him.
”I’m going in now, Bam.” Khun slowly pushed into Bam, making Bam’s eyes blow as wide as they Khun, moaning loudly at the intrusion. The look on Bam’s face was priceless to Khun, something he would never forget all the days of his life. He was finally uniting with the one he loved. The one who had captured his heart, and now his body. He finally fully belonged to Bam.
“F-fuck. You’re so tight, love.” Khun slowly pushed in, not wanting to hurt Bam. But it was so warm and tight, making Khun dizzy, the last of his resolve restraining him from suddenly pushing in and out quickly, fucking Bam raw.
“A-AH! K-Khun! Hnghhh...” Bam squeezed his eyes tight, tears from both the pleasure and pain gathered at the corner of his eyes. Khun reached up and gently wiped the tears away with his thumb, leaning down to press a kiss to Bam’s forehead, then cheek, and then the lips as he gave time for Bam to adjust.
”Can, I move now, Bam?” Just a moment more, and Bam’s warmth would consume him, his impending orgasm threatening to come crashing down. Bam nodded, and Khun slowly pulled in and out, building momentum, making Bam’s eyes widen as he gasped with every thrust, clinging on to Khun’s neck like a vice.
”Haah.” Khun gasped at the sensation of being inside Bam. Bam felt so good; Khun wanted this for so long. What made it better was the fact that Bam also wanted this, wanted him too. And he was his first.
“K-khun!” Bam called out, as he lost himself in the pleasure, his eyes rolling to the back of his head every time Khun hit his prostate. Bam’s moans got louder and louder, Khun surging up and swallowing every single moan that Bam made. Bam started to shake as his orgasm neared, his grip on Khun tightening. Khun reached between them and gripped Bam’s cock, stroking it, making Bam mewl.
“I-I’m c-coming, K-Khun!” Golden eyes now swallowed entirely by his pupils stared desperately at Khun, as Bam’s orgasm neared. Khun was also closed, his thrusting getting faster and more erratic as the heat at the pit of his stomach threatened to explode.”Let’s come together, Bam.” And suddenly, Bam was gone, his hot come spilling in Khun’s hand. “K-KHUN!” With one final thrust, Khun buried himself balls deep and released his seed into Bam. Making Bam moan loudly one final time, the sensation of his orgasm and Khun filling him up overwhelming his senses.
Khun collapsed on top of Bam. Chest to chest, both of them panting and gasping for breath. After a few moments, Khun pulled out and lifted his head to look at Bam. Bam’s hair was a mess, sticking to his forehead with sweat, his face flushed from his orgasm. And Khun once again thought how lucky he was that someone like Bam loved him back.
Khun pushed the brown locks away from Bam’s forehead and pressed a quick kiss on his lips. “I love you, Bam.” The words that he had wanted to speak to Bam, finally spoken out loud, lifting a heavy weight off his chest. “Thank you.”
Bam laughed and smiled, making Khun’s heart flutter. “I love you too, Khun.” And the two cuddled, totally forgetting that they were taking a floor test.
“Congratulations Khun Aguero Agnis and Jyu Viole Grace. You and your team have passed the test.”
The automated announcement made Khun suddenly sit up and remember their predicament. Bam giggled at Khun’s reaction and sat up as well, intertwining his fingers with Khun’s.
“Hey Khun. Aren’t you wondering what we would have done if my most intimate desire was revealed?” The question that Khun did not dare to ask was suddenly spoken out loud by Bam, and he awaited the answer.
“We would be doing the exact same thing.”