[ Akira smiles, faintly. It's not a happy expression. ]
If I don't have you, then... I'll just go back to what I was doing before. [ He says it so calmly, like it costs him nothing -- like he can just go back home without worrying. Like he can leave Tokyo behind and return to that small town, and those whispers, and that empty house. Like he won't feel anything.
Because he won't, really; he made sure of that years and years ago. ]
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If I don't have you, then... I'll just go back to what I was doing before. [ He says it so calmly, like it costs him nothing -- like he can just go back home without worrying. Like he can leave Tokyo behind and return to that small town, and those whispers, and that empty house. Like he won't feel anything.
Because he won't, really; he made sure of that years and years ago. ]