[He snorts, then laughs with genuine amusement, belatedly covering his mouth with his hand to stifle the sound to something more polite lest it attract the attention of others.]
That would certainly be a unique enough situation, I would think.
[Finding peace. Even now, he doesn't know if he's found true peace. Being with Ren is something like it, he thinks, and yet there's still a never-ending anxiety in the back of his mind about their inevitable return. About dying. About what comes next. Hell, even about Ren simply deciding enough is enough, and abandoning him as everyone else in Akechi's life has done thus far.]
Thank you, [he says finally when the laughter fades, the tense set to his shoulders somewhat eased from earlier.] For allowing me to explain.
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That would certainly be a unique enough situation, I would think.
[Finding peace. Even now, he doesn't know if he's found true peace. Being with Ren is something like it, he thinks, and yet there's still a never-ending anxiety in the back of his mind about their inevitable return. About dying. About what comes next. Hell, even about Ren simply deciding enough is enough, and abandoning him as everyone else in Akechi's life has done thus far.]
Thank you, [he says finally when the laughter fades, the tense set to his shoulders somewhat eased from earlier.] For allowing me to explain.