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I already told you - I'm not letting you sit in misery alone.

[Hehesitates a beat, and then another]

[Leans in against Izanagi's shoulder, careful]

I can't say thanks, still?

Edited 2022-03-11 08:59 (UTC)

[Wrapping his arm around Hurricane's shoulders to tug him into a half-hug.]

I'll take "thanks," but no "sorrys." How about that?

[Goes a little unsteadily, leaning in against him]

Well - thanks, then.

[He can hug and hair ruffle, at the same time. There is nothing stopping him from this.]

I'm just doing what I feel like, as usual. But - you're welcome.

[Hugging and hair ruffling are both very good,]

[He leans into him a little more]

What were you doing out here, anyways?

[That just means he has reason to keep it up, hugging Hurricane a little tighter.]

Oh, you know. Roaming around, looking for something to do.

Find anything good?

[Llllean]

I did find a very cute guy who seemed like he could use some company.

[Snuggling up to him.]

[Tugging him closer into this hug]

I mean, I could say the same.

What a coincidence.

[He presses a soft kiss to his cheek. And then:]

...You really were fighting alone for a long time, weren't you?

I mean... I dunno about fighting.

I was just, like... going. Y'know?

It was basically a battle to survive, wasn't it?

And you had to do it for both of you.

Dunno that I did that great at it...

You kept the both of you alive when you were what, nine?

...something like that.

Then you did more than great. There's probably adults who would've done worse than you at something like that.

I mean...there was a whole city of em.

[He remembers the bodies,]

That don't mean I did good, though.

For one thing, you shouldn't have been supporting to lives at the age of nine. That should have been your mother's job, and she failed to do it.

You're the one who did it. You managed to make sure the both of you survived against all odds.

That's a good job.

I mean... is it, though?

It was real rough for a while there.

Would you expect other nine year olds to be able to singlehandedly preserve their parent's life and their own in a city where food and supplies had run dry?

I mean.

People can do a lot, when it comes right down to it.

...You have high standards for nine year olds.

I wouldn't wish it on no one, but if I could pull it off, other people probly did, too.

But you shouldn't have had to, and the fact that you managed it at all is admirable - even if a hundred, or even a thousand nine year olds did.

That situation wasn't normal. You shouldn't have been caring for an adult, trying to scrounge up food in a situation where resources were increasingly unavailable and the people around you were hostile enough to try to kill you.

Being in that situation at all means that people failed you. Failed to take care of you, failed to watch over you, failed to protect you.

Not the other way around.