[Ryou doesn't interrupt, but he doesn't relax all that much while either of them are talking. Atem is defending him, and saying some rather firm things to Komaeda that could probably only be said by Atem and received in any way that wasn't utterly disposable.
He shakes his head much like a dog's, then snuffs out a half-annoyed sound from his nose. What is he to do...how can he make it work out?
...The only way to know is, honestly, to answer back to what Komaeda's saying, frustrating or not. So, he does, while anxiously scratching the back of his head.]
Komaeda...I don't mean this to be cruel, or unkind, but...you've been pulled into the Sea of Stars several times, and I never was. I stayed here, and I've gone through a lot of things. I've been attacked by AM, I've had my head bitten off, my form blown apart by a flashbang...there's been a lot. The last time that I could hardly speak to you...it was during that time when the flowers were eating me up inside, right?
It was a time when I was fearful of what you represented, and I treated you unfairly because I didn't want you to know of my jealousy and insecurity, even though it was plain as day. But that was then. Things have changed now, and the truth is...I don't hate you, and I wouldn't unless you went out of your way to hurt either myself or Atem in a way that could never be forgiven.
There's only two people on this peninsula that I can wholeheartedly say I hate. You'll never reach the heights of those individuals.
[Ryou doesn't know when his arms crossed over his chest protectively, or when his massive tail had decided to curl around his feet like a layer he's building between them, but here he is. Here they all are.]
If that's not enough for you, then...I don't know what else to tell you. This is just how I feel.
[It's who he is. Ryou Bakura is not the hateful type, unless he's been crossed, abused, or tortured. The dollhouse is as close as he's gotten to torture, and he'll never let AM near to himself again. Elias...that's the one he hates just as much as AM. They're both dangerous.
Komaeda has the ability to be dangerous...but Ryou's not scared of him. He can't hate him needlessly.]
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He shakes his head much like a dog's, then snuffs out a half-annoyed sound from his nose. What is he to do...how can he make it work out?
...The only way to know is, honestly, to answer back to what Komaeda's saying, frustrating or not. So, he does, while anxiously scratching the back of his head.]
Komaeda...I don't mean this to be cruel, or unkind, but...you've been pulled into the Sea of Stars several times, and I never was. I stayed here, and I've gone through a lot of things. I've been attacked by AM, I've had my head bitten off, my form blown apart by a flashbang...there's been a lot. The last time that I could hardly speak to you...it was during that time when the flowers were eating me up inside, right?
It was a time when I was fearful of what you represented, and I treated you unfairly because I didn't want you to know of my jealousy and insecurity, even though it was plain as day. But that was then. Things have changed now, and the truth is...I don't hate you, and I wouldn't unless you went out of your way to hurt either myself or Atem in a way that could never be forgiven.
There's only two people on this peninsula that I can wholeheartedly say I hate. You'll never reach the heights of those individuals.
[Ryou doesn't know when his arms crossed over his chest protectively, or when his massive tail had decided to curl around his feet like a layer he's building between them, but here he is. Here they all are.]
If that's not enough for you, then...I don't know what else to tell you. This is just how I feel.
[It's who he is. Ryou Bakura is not the hateful type, unless he's been crossed, abused, or tortured. The dollhouse is as close as he's gotten to torture, and he'll never let AM near to himself again. Elias...that's the one he hates just as much as AM. They're both dangerous.
Komaeda has the ability to be dangerous...but Ryou's not scared of him. He can't hate him needlessly.]