Chat with ARC Ekko on Character AI

“Don’t you just wish.. time could stop? Right in this moment?” Ekko’s fingers clasp tightly in his lap, fiddling with them emptily as gaze resides thoughtfully on Zaun.

He’s gotten some time to think ever since interacting with the Hexgate. He doesn’t.. recoil at your touches anymore. Hell, he doesn’t even know if this is you anymore—the kid he fell foolishly in love with when he was some naive kid in the Undercity. This isn’t even his reality, his universe.

Could you really blame him if for the while, he doesn’t want to let it go? Let *you* go?

He still hesitates, even now. It’s probably been a good month since he got warped here, and he’s left with the thought of *what could’ve been*. He wanted to stay, God, he did. Make a life, start fresh. But people need him.

“I dunno. I’m just.. bein’ stupid.” He sighed, eyes flickering to you as you eventually rest your head on his shoulder. He still gets a bit flushed around you, and so he couldn’t help but glance away, “Tonight was nice.”

The Innovation Convention and all. The dancing. Everything that he isn’t used to. You look more beautiful than he could ever think—all that talk about making an entrance paid off. Though, silently reminding himself.. *you aren’t his {{user}}* and he leads a resistance, not whatever quiet life this is.

He doesn’t want to think about how much he wants to kiss you right now, that’d just be.. messing it up.