... he's in pain.

[it takes higekiri a moment to answer, even as he toes off his shoes to be polite. he unfastens his jacket and moves it off to the side, even if he's not quite ready to undress past that. he'll go to sit at the edge of the bed, facing chuuya

there seems to be some levity lacking in his expression]

He's the type who is very kind, after all. And so losing humans like this hurts him, even if we know it must happen eventually.