[Nervous is only one of many things he was feeling, admittedly -- but it was one. He doesn't say it aloud, but in a way, Yu is grateful for this small amount of extra honesty. It feels...new. And with how new things are for both of them, how new Mikey is to him, he appreciates each reminder that things are undoubtedly different. That they will always be different.
And...that different is not bad.]
They were. [A nod, and a soft, thoughtful exhale.] Shadows in the Midnight Channel were born from humans. When a human lost control of their suppressed self...it turned into a Shadow. If it was rejected by the person it belonged to, it'd go berserk. I don't know if it was the same, but...it was a reminder that everyone has darkness in them. Things they want to hide. Feelings they wish they didn't have.
[You're not me. You are me. Three little words that resulted in two deaths and the near death of all of his friends. Bitter truths and dark secrets, shameful admittances and desperate pleas to be recognized as who they were -- all of who they were.
Ah, look at that. Mikey may not have meant to find a crack in the facade, but he does, with that question, and Yu frowns a bit.]
... No. I never did. [He might stop there, normally. But between the alcohol in his system and the determined need to keep silence from falling, he continues.] I had seen all of them go through so much, facing all of these terrible things, but I never had to do it myself. For a while, I thought maybe that meant I was...broken, in some way, or-- empty, maybe.
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[Nervous is only one of many things he was feeling, admittedly -- but it was one. He doesn't say it aloud, but in a way, Yu is grateful for this small amount of extra honesty. It feels...new. And with how new things are for both of them, how new Mikey is to him, he appreciates each reminder that things are undoubtedly different. That they will always be different.
And...that different is not bad.]
They were. [A nod, and a soft, thoughtful exhale.] Shadows in the Midnight Channel were born from humans. When a human lost control of their suppressed self...it turned into a Shadow. If it was rejected by the person it belonged to, it'd go berserk. I don't know if it was the same, but...it was a reminder that everyone has darkness in them. Things they want to hide. Feelings they wish they didn't have.
[You're not me. You are me. Three little words that resulted in two deaths and the near death of all of his friends. Bitter truths and dark secrets, shameful admittances and desperate pleas to be recognized as who they were -- all of who they were.
Ah, look at that. Mikey may not have meant to find a crack in the facade, but he does, with that question, and Yu frowns a bit.]
... No. I never did. [He might stop there, normally. But between the alcohol in his system and the determined need to keep silence from falling, he continues.] I had seen all of them go through so much, facing all of these terrible things, but I never had to do it myself. For a while, I thought maybe that meant I was...broken, in some way, or-- empty, maybe.