[...ah. He actually feels something in him ease at that. So this is the young man behind the blinding rage and vindictiveness; a fiercely loyal and protective person who would put aside his own differences to help the person that he loves.
...hah. The word still itches in his brain, knowing that he's referring to two males. Yet, logically... he can find nothing wrong or troubling about what he said. The fact that he seems to want to come to some sort of truce with Shido for Akechi is nothing less than admirable.]
But does it actually work that way?
[The way he speaks to Akira is the way he has been— there's no patronizing lilt to his tone anymore, nothing suggesting that he is better. He speaks to him as an equal, without any intent to aggravate.]
Even if Akechi is your motivation, it's still a personal matter between you and me.
[He glances out to the waters, something distant and longing in his gaze.]
If he feels the same way for you... I doubt he would want you to push aside your own grievances for him.
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...hah. The word still itches in his brain, knowing that he's referring to two males. Yet, logically... he can find nothing wrong or troubling about what he said. The fact that he seems to want to come to some sort of truce with Shido for Akechi is nothing less than admirable.]
But does it actually work that way?
[The way he speaks to Akira is the way he has been— there's no patronizing lilt to his tone anymore, nothing suggesting that he is better. He speaks to him as an equal, without any intent to aggravate.]
Even if Akechi is your motivation, it's still a personal matter between you and me.
[He glances out to the waters, something distant and longing in his gaze.]
If he feels the same way for you... I doubt he would want you to push aside your own grievances for him.