[ needed to make sure I didn't hurt you - is what he doesn't say. if it sounds just a little bit more curt than usual, it's because that's. all there is to it, actually. because when all that's said and done, what doesn't change is the fact that nazuna was the marionette, his mouth stitched shut, his gaze dull and lifeless and ever so obedient and--
I'm fine, he wants to say. no. he's not fine.
he feels a little bit sick, actually, because like it or not, there was also a part of him that had thought that nazuna, in that form, was
beautiful
precious
that wasn't his dream incarnation. that had been him, and. he wants to blame it on retrospec, because nazuna's not the only one who's heard rumours, especially since some of his own students are on the app, too, but--
that seems awfully way too convenient, doesn't it?
so shu doesn't say anything about it. but even with what he's said (and hasn't said, more importantly, just the deliberate way that nazuna is responding is enough to give shu just that inkling that perhaps he knows. knows that he was there, knows how he let nazuna break--
for a moment, he considers cutting the call. blaming it on a bad connection.
he doesn't. but it's quiet, another long pause, making the conversation sound a little bit one-sided, all things considered. when he finally speaks-- ]
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[ needed to make sure I didn't hurt you - is what he doesn't say. if it sounds just a little bit more curt than usual, it's because that's. all there is to it, actually. because when all that's said and done, what doesn't change is the fact that nazuna was the marionette, his mouth stitched shut, his gaze dull and lifeless and ever so obedient and--
I'm fine, he wants to say. no. he's not fine.
he feels a little bit sick, actually, because like it or not, there was also a part of him that had thought that nazuna, in that form, was
beautiful
precious
that wasn't his dream incarnation. that had been him, and. he wants to blame it on retrospec, because nazuna's not the only one who's heard rumours, especially since some of his own students are on the app, too, but--
that seems awfully way too convenient, doesn't it?
so shu doesn't say anything about it. but even with what he's said (and hasn't said, more importantly, just the deliberate way that nazuna is responding is enough to give shu just that inkling that perhaps he knows. knows that he was there, knows how he let nazuna break--
for a moment, he considers cutting the call. blaming it on a bad connection.
he doesn't. but it's quiet, another long pause, making the conversation sound a little bit one-sided, all things considered. when he finally speaks-- ]
Don't concern yourself about me.
[ nazuna's the one with the nightmare. not him. ]