[Ryan shrugs too. He has thought about it a lot, but it's hard to picture a life where he didn't have to think about it so much.]
Things weren't exactly great before, but they definitely used to be better than they are now. [He sighs.] Without getting too deep into it, a lot of gay guys are getting sick and dying, and a lot of straight people are scared they're going to catch it. There's no cure and people only kind of know how it spreads, so...y'know. I'm just glad he doesn't buy into any of that and isn't afraid to touch me at all.
[Luca's probably seen it - the two of them touch each other a lot more than heterosexual platonic friends would.]
It's rough, but honestly? It kind of makes this place really cool. The whole time we've been here, I've never had to deal with any of the stuff I had to back home. It's so nice.
[Despite everything with Min-Gi, Ryan feels like he can really breathe here. He can breathe and he didn't even fully understand how much he was suffocating before now.]
cw: AIDS mention
Things weren't exactly great before, but they definitely used to be better than they are now. [He sighs.] Without getting too deep into it, a lot of gay guys are getting sick and dying, and a lot of straight people are scared they're going to catch it. There's no cure and people only kind of know how it spreads, so...y'know. I'm just glad he doesn't buy into any of that and isn't afraid to touch me at all.
[Luca's probably seen it - the two of them touch each other a lot more than heterosexual platonic friends would.]
It's rough, but honestly? It kind of makes this place really cool. The whole time we've been here, I've never had to deal with any of the stuff I had to back home. It's so nice.
[Despite everything with Min-Gi, Ryan feels like he can really breathe here. He can breathe and he didn't even fully understand how much he was suffocating before now.]