[He moves his pawn to again mirror her move, opening up the front line a little more to enable his bishop to escape the back row later.]
But to be blunt: yes. Neither of us would tolerate anything less at this stage.
[Well, Ren is enough of a glutton for punishment that he might only be with Akechi because he thinks it will make Akechi happy. The concept that someone actually likes him and wants to spend time with him, and won't simply tire of him and toss him aside, is still novel enough that he has reason to doubt it.
He meets Haru's eyes again, schooling his features into impassiveness and resting his chin on his hand. When something is going well, he inevitably has to disrupt it, so he adds,]
Does it bother you? Knowing exactly who your dear leader is sleeping with?
[Her father's murderer, and the man who tried to kill their dear leader himself, not to mention the rest of their little band of thieves.]
no subject
[He moves his pawn to again mirror her move, opening up the front line a little more to enable his bishop to escape the back row later.]
But to be blunt: yes. Neither of us would tolerate anything less at this stage.
[Well, Ren is enough of a glutton for punishment that he might only be with Akechi because he thinks it will make Akechi happy. The concept that someone actually likes him and wants to spend time with him, and won't simply tire of him and toss him aside, is still novel enough that he has reason to doubt it.
He meets Haru's eyes again, schooling his features into impassiveness and resting his chin on his hand. When something is going well, he inevitably has to disrupt it, so he adds,]
Does it bother you? Knowing exactly who your dear leader is sleeping with?
[Her father's murderer, and the man who tried to kill their dear leader himself, not to mention the rest of their little band of thieves.]