[ . . . hah. Senri nods and he takes it - even though the worry makes something else ache in his chest. the guilt is there, of course, but there is the gratitude that he can't fight. the fact that he's happy still that anyone even bothers to care about him, selfish as it may be.]
.... I know. Now - I know.
That's why I... I can't apologize to anyone enough. You. Shishimaru. Ray-kun. I was just... We still can't find him, and I don't know where he is, and if something happened to him -
[he'd never had a family before. but now that he's gotten even the slightest taste of it, something twists in his chest. the fear and the concern that it will already be taken from him]
But that's... not your problem. It's mine.
We're friends, but I can't just keep making you take care of me.
[and he can't meet sasuke's eyes at that, his expression falling as he pulls his hand back too - suddenly regretting because sasuke's too intense for him as always]
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.... I know. Now - I know.
That's why I... I can't apologize to anyone enough. You. Shishimaru. Ray-kun. I was just... We still can't find him, and I don't know where he is, and if something happened to him -
[he'd never had a family before. but now that he's gotten even the slightest taste of it, something twists in his chest. the fear and the concern that it will already be taken from him]
But that's... not your problem. It's mine.
We're friends, but I can't just keep making you take care of me.
[and he can't meet sasuke's eyes at that, his expression falling as he pulls his hand back too - suddenly regretting because sasuke's too intense for him as always]