[Naoki's gaze cuts off to one side, a peculiar lump in his throat.
It's hard enough that he can't even say anything in response to her at first. He hunches over slightly, his hand raising up, curling underneath the horn at his neck. His fingers are tense, knuckles blanching.]
We haven't even known each other that long, [he says after a long moment, in a very quiet voice,] but you already get me that much. [She didn't say anything wrong at all. He hadn't thought she'd say all of that.] Even Isamu and Chiaki didn't get it or, at least, they stopped trying to understand.
...they were two of the people who had Reasons, you know.
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It's hard enough that he can't even say anything in response to her at first. He hunches over slightly, his hand raising up, curling underneath the horn at his neck. His fingers are tense, knuckles blanching.]
We haven't even known each other that long, [he says after a long moment, in a very quiet voice,] but you already get me that much. [She didn't say anything wrong at all. He hadn't thought she'd say all of that.] Even Isamu and Chiaki didn't get it or, at least, they stopped trying to understand.
...they were two of the people who had Reasons, you know.