week 3 ( sunday )

[subordinacy]

[Hold himself together—he has to hold himself together. Don't show weakness, don't show weakness repeats itself in his head like a mantra, even as he knows he's already failed.

(He wants to cry, scream, hit something—anything. But he can't.)

He can't afford to mope. He just has enough time for the mask of ice to settle, before he seeks out Akira.]

What did you tell Ichigo, exactly?

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[subordinacy]

... You've... done a lot for me.

[Akira has been kind to him—kinder than most have ever been in Setz's life.]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . his instinct is to deny it, of course. but he lifts his gaze from the coffee maker to seek out Setz's with his own, studying him carefully]

If that's true. . . then I'm glad.

And I'll keep doing what I can, even as we move forward.