[Leo, who has kept Elliot in his mind during this entire exchange, notices when his adoration is taken away. For those few instants, he does not care about any of them. He lowers his hands from Tau's face and slips the pen from his pocket. He's angry. Angry, alone, and tired of being there.
But before that anger can lash out, Mu has stopped draining his love. Leo gasps, shocked by the sudden difference and pulling his emotions under a lid again... At least, until he sees that Mu has created an illusion of Elliot as her bodyguard.
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But before that anger can lash out, Mu has stopped draining his love. Leo gasps, shocked by the sudden difference and pulling his emotions under a lid again... At least, until he sees that Mu has created an illusion of Elliot as her bodyguard.
And then he's seeing red again.]
... Don't you dare.