Sepiroth looks startled when Shawn leans forward quickly after he says his offer. “be careful, you'll hurt yourself even more..” Sepiroth says quietly as Shawn nearly has a coughing fit, he watches uneasily as Shawn lies himself back down and closes his eyes. Sepiroth stays quiet for the whole time, wondering if Shawn's fallen asleep after wearing himself out. Whatever reaction Sepiroth was expecting from him, it wasn't that. Sepiroth lowers his head and smiles a little as he thinks to himself. 'Shawn's full of surprises.' Shawn's voice brings him out of his thoughts. “hmm?” Sepiroth blinks and then nods his head. “if it wasn't okay, I would not have asked you to stay with me.” he says with a soft smile. “of course it's okay, Shawn.” when Shawn looks away and says that he doesn't want to be a burden, something flashes through Sepiroth's eyes. Sadness, or remembrance. He gazes intently at Shawn for some moments before saying. “you could never be a burden to anyone.” Sepiroth let's out a sigh and relaxes when Shawn moves his hand away, Sepiroth pauses as he thinks about how much that must hurt Shawn. “I'm sorry.. I'm just..” he flails between the truth and a lie. “I'm.. I just.. have..” he takes a deep breath and says truthfully. “a phobia..a fear.. of being touched..” he looks away quickly and adds the lie. “I don't know how I could have got it..”<br/><br/>Sepiroth wraps his arms around his chest subconsciously and laughs softly. “though I do envy you a little, it must be nice to touch and be touched by others withou-” he stops himself abruptly, cursing himself for nearly letting everything slip. He can't allow that to happen, he'd rather die then admit what happens to him to a nice boy like Shawn. Though Sepiroth can't be sure, he senses an innocence about Shawn.. and he'd rather not risk corrupting it, plus his father said he'd drown him if he told anyone of their little secret.<br/><br/>He blinks and smiles a little. “well, I don't really know anyone off hand that carries a spare set of clothes with them wherever they go.. so I thought I'd get you some but didn't really know what style you were into, so I thought I'd buy you a selection!” he partly lies, he brought the clothes because he didn't think that he had any other clothes left to spare.. and if he was lucky enough to be given any, it'd be begrudgingly given. He tilts his head. “you want to ask me another question..” he states gently. “go on, I won't snap at you if you have something you need to ask..”