When the other approached him Aries' eyes widened and he visibly flinched away as for a brief moment he really thought the man was going to hit him. When all he felt was the soft touch though he watched the other, expression clearly confused as the man spoke. He wasn't afraid of the look in the other's eyes, but he was surprised to see the other looking so… different.<br/><br/>He was silent as the other continued, and when he began crying the smaller man's eyes widened… he hadn't expected him to cry. He was completely dumbfounded, and while his own unease and pain was gnawing at his chest he couldn't really bring himself to verbalize it… he'd never tried to comfort someone before, he'd never had to… or had he…? Maybe a long time ago, but he couldn't remember now.<br/><br/>So his lips parted, then closed, clearly uncertain, before he reached up to touch the man's hands lightly, his own trembling with nerves. "You're not a fuck up." He finally said lamely, though he did believe that. "You don't want to hurt people, right? And you have a job and can go out and you can talk to people." He continued. And while all those things probably seemed so very insignificant, in Aries' world they were immense.<br/><br/>He wasn't sure how he felt about the other's touch on him, it reminded him of unpleasant things, and so after another moment he stepped back and gently put the man's hands down, retracting his own and wrapping them about his own waist as he tried to recall how people… How normal people were supposed to comfort others. "You're normal… you can do all the normal things… so you can't be a fuck up." He reiterated, knowing he was failing miserably, but he really was trying.