At that last Raju looks up, surprised, his hands pausing. “I like doing things for you,” he smiles. This, at least, he doesn’t have to second guess the nature or appropriateness of at all; doing something for people who matter is what he’s for. It feels good. It feels better.

Particularly now, it feels better.

He starts unwinding the bandages again, and paying close attention to that allows his voice to keep coming out evenly, thankfully empty of any of the emotions that would actually be behind it, if Raju was stupid enough to go looking for them, while still being honest. “Being able to do anything for you is a gift.”