[ As with most things in Shinjiro's life, this situation is a hot fucking mess.
Had other snarls been smoothed over, certain puzzle pieces clicked into place, maybe he would have picked up quicker on the naked truth held before him out on a silver platter. But he barely knows this girl, and had banished what little information Mitsuru had shared with him all those years ago deep down.
Even so.
It's impossible to miss the tension that radiates through the stiff lines of her shoulders, and the glint in her eyes that looks suspiciously like tears. She's hurt; he's seen that look enough times on others - on Aki - that he recognizes it now. Way to go, asshole.
He sighs. Runs a hand through his hair as he tries to salvage things. ]
Look—sorry. It's... [ He breaks off, grimacing. ] There's been a lot.
[ Find out you're dead (though technically he saw that one coming), find out the world's about to end, find out one of your classmates and comrades sacrifices herself so the world doesn't actually end. Just another Tuesday. ]
So....Ikutsuki's a rat bastard, huh? Knew we shouldn't have trusted a guy with such shitty jokes.
[ It's pretty pathetic by way of olive branches, but it's all he's got at the moment. ]
shinjiro / unevoke
[ As with most things in Shinjiro's life, this situation is a hot fucking mess.
Had other snarls been smoothed over, certain puzzle pieces clicked into place, maybe he would have picked up quicker on the naked truth held before him out on a silver platter. But he barely knows this girl, and had banished what little information Mitsuru had shared with him all those years ago deep down.
Even so.
It's impossible to miss the tension that radiates through the stiff lines of her shoulders, and the glint in her eyes that looks suspiciously like tears. She's hurt; he's seen that look enough times on others - on Aki - that he recognizes it now. Way to go, asshole.
He sighs. Runs a hand through his hair as he tries to salvage things. ]
Look—sorry. It's... [ He breaks off, grimacing. ] There's been a lot.
[ Find out you're dead (though technically he saw that one coming), find out the world's about to end, find out one of your classmates and comrades sacrifices herself so the world doesn't actually end. Just another Tuesday. ]
So....Ikutsuki's a rat bastard, huh? Knew we shouldn't have trusted a guy with such shitty jokes.
[ It's pretty pathetic by way of olive branches, but it's all he's got at the moment. ]