No. (Apologies are not fixing anything. Ren sees no reason to ask for one if everything would remain the same - with Akechi hiding what he feels and Ren being kept in the dark.

That's not how a relationship should work, is it? Even when Ren still struggles to let Akechi into his brain, with communicating how he feels, there has to be a way for them to be better. Perhaps Ren himself should take the first step, show Akechi he is willing to try and give up the hold he has, the need for control, when the situation calls for it.

Inhaling, exhaling, trying to keep the upsetness at bay so that he can actually produce coherent sounds, he speaks:)

You're not the only one who's afraid. (And it's a moment before he can speak again.)

I knew it wasn't my nightmare because I don't believe a thing it said, but my nightmare happened either way.