[ okay no, he's going to have to turn around for this ]

What? How the hell did you arrive to that? I may have worded it wrong, but--

[ he can feel it - the inevitability of this conversation. the both of them are so spent in all aspects that they're just airing out their frustrations at the flesh void around them.

oh, if only the mouths on the walls would speak for them instead. ]

I mean, fine. Let's talk about it. [ izumi??? ] What was that fight from earlier all about, then? Didn't you realize you were going back to who you were before? I don't want you to pave a path for me anymore!

[ they've gone through it so many times already that it's getting tiring? how many times should they have to affirm to each other that they've got the other's back?

izumi can feel himself going into hysterics but he has to bite the most of it down. but he'll say one more thing: ]

I trust you. I want to trust you. But if you're still going to think like that, then...