Rely...on you? [Minato's echo of Yu's words are strangely quiet even for him and he seems momentarily stunned to hear it, shoulders falling slack as he blinks.
He's barely even registering Yu's anger at him now, suddenly realizing why Aigis had been so insistent that her body meant that she wasn't capable of being as good as the other girls he knew even when he had said repeatedly that he didn't care about that.
He and Yu were worlds apart; Yu was passionate where he was lethargic, making friends easily while he still struggled to some extent, more open to talking about his issues where he sought to hide them, and...
Alive to enjoy his life and be with his friends, where he's dead and he never even got the chance to say goodbye to his own friends.
His eyes feel like they're stinging all of a sudden and the feeling is unfamiliar to him, so much so that he's immediately turning away from Yu and trying not to tremble in front of him.]
How could I do that when so many people already need you, Yu-san? [That's not what Minato truly intends to say and it's made obvious by a strangled sound that follows soon after. Not that it matters when it's part of the reason why he's never sought out Yu specifically for advice, having seen him surrounded by people who needed him: Hiro, Dipper, Yosuke, Rise, Athena and countless people he probably doesn't even know.
If he had any energy left to argue he'd have told Yu as well that he doesn't feel like he can make him happy after all this, but Minato can already feel tears threatening to roll down his cheeks and he truly can't take any more of this, any more of lying to himself that he's completely fine with giving up his life again to save his world.]
You and I...we're not equals. I'd hoped to fight alongside you and it makes me so happy to see you smile... [His voice has dropped to a whisper again, but it's really just as Minato said: He's never been good at talking about himself, and it's not without reason.]
...But I'll be dead again when our world is restored, and you can't do anything about that. [He's still holding back, not knowing whether Yu knows the true cause of his death and not caring if he does; he's still never going to tell Yu that neither of them would even have had a world left to be destroyed if he had chosen differently.
Minato takes a step away from Yu after that, feeling that the implications in his words are clear: It's not his fault that things have come to this. It's unfair and it's completely terrible of him to not have said something more, but in all fairness Minato's never said anything was wrong with Yu...yet he hesitates to run away, having one more question to ask.] Yu-san. Did you ever think that we'd meet each other in our world after this was over and have a relationship?
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He's barely even registering Yu's anger at him now, suddenly realizing why Aigis had been so insistent that her body meant that she wasn't capable of being as good as the other girls he knew even when he had said repeatedly that he didn't care about that.
He and Yu were worlds apart; Yu was passionate where he was lethargic, making friends easily while he still struggled to some extent, more open to talking about his issues where he sought to hide them, and...
Alive to enjoy his life and be with his friends, where he's dead and he never even got the chance to say goodbye to his own friends.
His eyes feel like they're stinging all of a sudden and the feeling is unfamiliar to him, so much so that he's immediately turning away from Yu and trying not to tremble in front of him.]
How could I do that when so many people already need you, Yu-san? [That's not what Minato truly intends to say and it's made obvious by a strangled sound that follows soon after. Not that it matters when it's part of the reason why he's never sought out Yu specifically for advice, having seen him surrounded by people who needed him: Hiro, Dipper, Yosuke, Rise, Athena and countless people he probably doesn't even know.
If he had any energy left to argue he'd have told Yu as well that he doesn't feel like he can make him happy after all this, but Minato can already feel tears threatening to roll down his cheeks and he truly can't take any more of this, any more of lying to himself that he's completely fine with giving up his life again to save his world.]
You and I...we're not equals. I'd hoped to fight alongside you and it makes me so happy to see you smile... [His voice has dropped to a whisper again, but it's really just as Minato said: He's never been good at talking about himself, and it's not without reason.]
...But I'll be dead again when our world is restored, and you can't do anything about that. [He's still holding back, not knowing whether Yu knows the true cause of his death and not caring if he does; he's still never going to tell Yu that neither of them would even have had a world left to be destroyed if he had chosen differently.
Minato takes a step away from Yu after that, feeling that the implications in his words are clear: It's not his fault that things have come to this. It's unfair and it's completely terrible of him to not have said something more, but in all fairness Minato's never said anything was wrong with Yu...yet he hesitates to run away, having one more question to ask.] Yu-san. Did you ever think that we'd meet each other in our world after this was over and have a relationship?