kuranosuke + akira

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[that's a funny thing to say when they're all already dead]

...for what it's worth, I'm - I'm sorry. When I called you over, I didn't know it was gonna be like that.

[kuranosuke really just thought scara was being finicky about who was allowed to touch his real hair.]

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[STOP AGAIN.]

It's okay... It wasn't... [He sighs quietly.] It wasn't you. He picked me on purpose.

To prove his point.

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His... point?

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He... thought humans were all the same. That nothing is important to them except self-interest. I told him not all of them were like that.

So he was proving he was right.

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...by making you be the one to--

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Oh, that jerk! What the hell!!

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[Haha, yea...]

It's fine. Maybe he was right.

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No! What we call that is a self-fulfilling prophecy told by someone who set it up that way!!

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Maybe. But... he wasn't wrong, was he? When I had a choice between not saying anything, or calling him out, even though I didn't want to do it.

I still did it.

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But that wasn't even your self-interest! You're here upset about it and beating yourself up about it because you spoke up so we could find the truth!

That's, like, the opposite of self-interest! So he's wrong, actually!

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[Kuranosuke is trying so hard.]

...Thanks.

[It's not sarcastic.]

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You're welcome! 'Cause I mean it, you know? If you were just acting in your own self-interest, you would've been like, "Nope! I'm staying out of it!"

...but that's not what you did. You made a hard decision, and I really hope you don't beat yourself up about it too bad.

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I'll be okay after a while. I already feel a little better after--

[Gestures at the showers.]

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...yeah, well, I'm gonna check in with you later just to be sure.

[he does not like the sound of akira having to go into a shower to cry whenever he needs to feel better tHANKS]