A lot of people would probably have given up. [ Not Akechi, not Akira. But a lot of people. That's why they specifically had the "spirit of rebellion", after all -- they were young and defiant, still protesting against the system that wanted to crush them. Akira didn't want to be his parents.
Akechi didn't either, but for very different reasons. ]
I know you're not used to people being proud of you, but I am. [ For surviving, even when he didn't want to; for managing to make a turn around. The past few weeks have been rocky, but there's still been a notable improvement: Akechi is trying, working on the slow attempt at changing himself, and Akira knows how hard it is and admires it.
Which might just be because he's enamored, but he likes to think it's a fair and objective opinion. ]
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Akechi didn't either, but for very different reasons. ]
I know you're not used to people being proud of you, but I am. [ For surviving, even when he didn't want to; for managing to make a turn around. The past few weeks have been rocky, but there's still been a notable improvement: Akechi is trying, working on the slow attempt at changing himself, and Akira knows how hard it is and admires it.
Which might just be because he's enamored, but he likes to think it's a fair and objective opinion. ]