[Jae-Ha is right, and unfortunately Hazel's first response to his problems has always been to ignore it until it comes back again later. That's worked for him this long, so why shouldn't he just ignore it again now and take care of Jae-Ha, like he wants to, and forget about it? Those shared feelings tug unpleasantly at his heart, and he just wants...

Well, no more feelings time. For starters. But that's not happening, apparently.]

I get by. [He'd be more defensive about this if they weren't pressed so close and if Jae-Ha wasn't the only person whose feelings he really cares about here. He's done okay...] It's been better since you've been stayin' with me, honest. I'm not just sayin' so.

[He shifts to wiggle his arm around Jae-Ha again, since it's been released. Hmm...] Y'know, I'm doin' better than I was.

[Is this helping??]