[ The short silence that follows Akechi's question feels like eternity, and when the answer finally comes, he feels a knot slipping down his throat, and settling right in his gut. ]
That's what I thought.
[ So he doesn't look up, not yet, mulling over Akira's words. Of course, he didn't expect it to be any different; as much as he wishes for it, he knows the damage has been done, and it can't be fixed overnight, nor can it simply be ignored like it had never happened. As practiced as Akechi is at lying, he thinks even he couldn't pretend to just forget.
Still, Akira's hesitation, the reminder that they have a long way to go... It hurts. And he knows he has no right to complain, or even feel this way, but he just... does.
(Accepting even a single new feeling, it would seem, always comes with a whole Pandora's box worth of trouble.) ]
Since we are in agreement about that, may I run a proposition by you?
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That's what I thought.
[ So he doesn't look up, not yet, mulling over Akira's words. Of course, he didn't expect it to be any different; as much as he wishes for it, he knows the damage has been done, and it can't be fixed overnight, nor can it simply be ignored like it had never happened. As practiced as Akechi is at lying, he thinks even he couldn't pretend to just forget.
Still, Akira's hesitation, the reminder that they have a long way to go... It hurts. And he knows he has no right to complain, or even feel this way, but he just... does.
(Accepting even a single new feeling, it would seem, always comes with a whole Pandora's box worth of trouble.) ]
Since we are in agreement about that, may I run a proposition by you?