He looks away, his hand falling away from his face and into his lap.]
Things were...different, then. We weren't talking the way we do now...
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...but, I'm -- sorry, too. That I didn't have the courage to face you and tell you what happened, or how I felt, about...about it all.
[That apology...it's owed. And, with both of Komaeda's partners asleep...it must have been pretty lonely. It's hard to talk about the things that make you feel lonely -- he knows that from experience.
Okay.
Atem's shoulders sink into a slumped curve as he sits on the stoop, thinking. He also kind of wants to say it should be pretty obvious what is and isn't relevant in a discussion about the possibility of changing the status of our relationship, but...the wind's out of his sails about that, after the apology. And, Komaeda doesn't always understand what's obvious...]
Is there anyone else concerned with this that we should keep in mind? Besides the three of us, and the two of them. That's all I want to know.
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He looks away, his hand falling away from his face and into his lap.]
Things were...different, then. We weren't talking the way we do now...
...
...but, I'm -- sorry, too. That I didn't have the courage to face you and tell you what happened, or how I felt, about...about it all.
[That apology...it's owed. And, with both of Komaeda's partners asleep...it must have been pretty lonely. It's hard to talk about the things that make you feel lonely -- he knows that from experience.
Okay.
Atem's shoulders sink into a slumped curve as he sits on the stoop, thinking. He also kind of wants to say it should be pretty obvious what is and isn't relevant in a discussion about the possibility of changing the status of our relationship, but...the wind's out of his sails about that, after the apology. And, Komaeda doesn't always understand what's obvious...]
Is there anyone else concerned with this that we should keep in mind? Besides the three of us, and the two of them. That's all I want to know.