[ Don't what?? He snaps in his head, immediately furious that Kogami is even considering telling him what to do, giving him advice; him the Enforcer, giving his Inspector advice, when it's Kogami that walked into the darkness and abandoned him, when it's Kogami that let his hue cloud beyond repair, when it's Kogami that chose the life of an underdog and left his life and the people in it behind---
He swallows. His knuckles have gone white with how they're clutching the clipboard. ]
Don't, Kogami. [ He doesn't trail off with his response. It's a warning, a command. His eyes are daggers when he looks up at the other man over the clipboard. ] I don't need to hear it from you.
[ He aches every time he's like this, but it's a self-inflicted pain that is necessary to ensure he doesn't suffer anything worse. Kogami has hurt him before. He's so quick to lash out at others instead of accepting his fear both of this new world and of his own deteriorating Hue that he doesn't really take in Kogami's reassurance at all. ]
no subject
He swallows. His knuckles have gone white with how they're clutching the clipboard. ]
Don't, Kogami. [ He doesn't trail off with his response. It's a warning, a command. His eyes are daggers when he looks up at the other man over the clipboard. ] I don't need to hear it from you.
[ He aches every time he's like this, but it's a self-inflicted pain that is necessary to ensure he doesn't suffer anything worse. Kogami has hurt him before. He's so quick to lash out at others instead of accepting his fear both of this new world and of his own deteriorating Hue that he doesn't really take in Kogami's reassurance at all. ]