When Eugene was staring at him with bulging eyes and parted lips, Arthur realized his slip-up.
"Ah," he clasped his mouth, flustered by his own words. But, well...since it came out already, might as well go forward with it. He lowered his fingers and asked carefully. "Umm...it's...about your child, right?"
Eugene still did not respond — at least not with words. His slowly reddened neck, however, confirmed Arthur's conjecture.
His guess started when he remembered how Eugene said he had used the same method he did to Arthur on someone else. Eugene, despite his easygoing persona, did not seem like someone who enjoyed physical contact too much for Arthur. The same 'method' meant it included the...hug, right? That would mean the person in question had a close personal connection to Eugene. When he recalled the soothing way Eugene spoke and stroked his back, it felt like something someone would do to a child.
