You're always apologizing for the wrong things, Akira... And I heard enough, as far as I'm concerned. More than enough.
[Kurama slumps subtly, closing his eyes. His arms wrap around his waist almost absently as he mulls over Akira's words. Both from before and from now.
How long? How long has Akira been feeling like this?
He isn't actually sure he wants an exact number, so he'll have to settle for 'too long'.]
We all suffered in the Game. You just as much as Goro and I. Don't...brush yourself off with us having 'been through enough'. You matter. Your feelings matter.
[He'd tried so hard to convince Akira that he was allowed to be human, to be not okay sometimes, to be selfish sometimes. Just one of many things he'd ruined when he chose to kill.
Damn it.
He relives that too often in his nightmares to be letting himself think about it while awake, too.]
...and you have so much more value and worth than simply how 'useful' you might be in any given situation...
no subject
[Kurama slumps subtly, closing his eyes. His arms wrap around his waist almost absently as he mulls over Akira's words. Both from before and from now.
How long? How long has Akira been feeling like this?
He isn't actually sure he wants an exact number, so he'll have to settle for 'too long'.]
We all suffered in the Game. You just as much as Goro and I. Don't...brush yourself off with us having 'been through enough'. You matter. Your feelings matter.
[He'd tried so hard to convince Akira that he was allowed to be human, to be not okay sometimes, to be selfish sometimes. Just one of many things he'd ruined when he chose to kill.
Damn it.
He relives that too often in his nightmares to be letting himself think about it while awake, too.]
...and you have so much more value and worth than simply how 'useful' you might be in any given situation...