[ These are the things he has never forgotten and never voices. ]
It's because I chose it.
[ His tone of voice is easy and low, strangely warm.
With his hand closed in both of hers, his natural reaction is to grip. It's natural to him to want to push strength and stability back into another's palms, however he's able. Mikazuki may be blunt, but he's far from careless. For both of them — he's not trying to take the focus away from the scene out of shame or secrecy, but to allay the fear that he was the victim here.
He wasn't. It's why he goes back for a second, and a final third. It's why he survives the surgery every time. ]
no subject
It's because I chose it.
[ His tone of voice is easy and low, strangely warm.
With his hand closed in both of hers, his natural reaction is to grip. It's natural to him to want to push strength and stability back into another's palms, however he's able. Mikazuki may be blunt, but he's far from careless. For both of them — he's not trying to take the focus away from the scene out of shame or secrecy, but to allay the fear that he was the victim here.
He wasn't. It's why he goes back for a second, and a final third. It's why he survives the surgery every time. ]