You don't need to be grateful. Just so long as you understand I'll support you.
[It's sad to consider that it could have been so easy. That if his mother hadn't taken her life, if he'd been able to stay with her, he could have grown up into an openly kinder person. His childhood still hadn't been perfect-- his mother hadn't met Muhen until he was nearly fifteen, and for years they struggled, but they made do. They had love, the most important and integral part missing from Akechi's life prior, so he had grown up softer and sweeter where he was normally barbed and acidic.]
[He'll be furious, and briefly utterly destroyed to realize what he could have been. To be smacked so thoroughly in the face with proof that having support had never been a weakness, but a strength. He knew that, deep down, and always had, but having it so plainly displayed would be impossible for him to swallow.]
[His expression stays neutral, eyes searching Akira's for anything to worry further about, but he knew when to let him slip out of a conversation. Pushing him wouldn't get him anywhere. He squeezes his fingers again.] ...it's hard, but as long as you know you don't have to shoulder the world on your own, I'll let it go for today.
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[It's sad to consider that it could have been so easy. That if his mother hadn't taken her life, if he'd been able to stay with her, he could have grown up into an openly kinder person. His childhood still hadn't been perfect-- his mother hadn't met Muhen until he was nearly fifteen, and for years they struggled, but they made do. They had love, the most important and integral part missing from Akechi's life prior, so he had grown up softer and sweeter where he was normally barbed and acidic.]
[He'll be furious, and briefly utterly destroyed to realize what he could have been. To be smacked so thoroughly in the face with proof that having support had never been a weakness, but a strength. He knew that, deep down, and always had, but having it so plainly displayed would be impossible for him to swallow.]
[His expression stays neutral, eyes searching Akira's for anything to worry further about, but he knew when to let him slip out of a conversation. Pushing him wouldn't get him anywhere. He squeezes his fingers again.] ...it's hard, but as long as you know you don't have to shoulder the world on your own, I'll let it go for today.