We're at "periodically calling each other by the first name during emotional conversations" part, I'm pretty sure. [ Akira's humor is coming back a little, so that's a good sign. He leans in to burrow into Akechi a little more, wrapping around him a little more solidly. He's nice to hold. Their heights should make things awkward, but it doesn't; it feels like they can slot together perfectly, even if Akira's pretty sure they're both going to suffer numb arms pretty soon. ]

...thanks, though. [ Akira's quiet for a moment, but it's the kind of quiet where it's clear he's mulling over something, trying to decide what he should be saying. ]

My parents, uh. They're not bad people or anything, but they weren't really around much, and when they were, they were never really satisfied with anything I did. So I always started trying to do things that made people like me more, but then people only liked me because I did those things...

Anyway, it's probably a whole complex now.