[ It hardly needs to be stated, but that doesn't mean it isn't nice to hear.
More than nice. Heartwarming in a way he rarely experiences.
If Akechi never voiced his gratitude once, Maruki would still do it. It isn't about debts. Care is not transactional. It wasn't in Somnius, it isn't in Tokyo. It never will be.
He doesn't expect that to ever sink in, really. It goes against everything Akechi has ever known, experienced, been. The most he can do is continue to operate as he has since the day they met in a shitty medieval market, I'm glad you don't have to be alone anymore, Akechi-kun, and the best he can hope for is that Akechi will continue to accept it. ]
You'll have to forgive me for this sentimentality, but you did bring it up first:
We agreed to remember, at all costs. And we did. After everything it took to get to that point, in both realities, I wasn't about to let you be forgotten by a polite society with an underbelly that eats its own.
The confluence of events that led us here will never be repeated in any other reality. I know that for a fact, even without any powers to corroborate it. I wish I could have helped you sooner. To be able to help at all now is an opportunity that I can't ever take for granted.
You're welcome. And thank you in return.
Be grateful this is in a message you can delete rather than being said over dinner while you try not to look like you want to throw up.
[ Perhaps the thank you would have made more sense if he hadn't written, deleted, rewritten, thought over, rewritten again and then ultimately deleted for good an aside that would have put Akechi over the edge. There was already enough sentiment in what he was saying. He didn't need to test his luck by letting Akechi know, in plain words, that he indelibly changed Maruki's life for the better, more than anyone has or will.
It's still something he intends to explain one day. This just wasn't the time. ]
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More than nice. Heartwarming in a way he rarely experiences.
If Akechi never voiced his gratitude once, Maruki would still do it. It isn't about debts. Care is not transactional. It wasn't in Somnius, it isn't in Tokyo. It never will be.
He doesn't expect that to ever sink in, really. It goes against everything Akechi has ever known, experienced, been. The most he can do is continue to operate as he has since the day they met in a shitty medieval market, I'm glad you don't have to be alone anymore, Akechi-kun, and the best he can hope for is that Akechi will continue to accept it. ]
You'll have to forgive me for this sentimentality, but you did bring it up first:
We agreed to remember, at all costs. And we did. After everything it took to get to that point, in both realities, I wasn't about to let you be forgotten by a polite society with an underbelly that eats its own.
The confluence of events that led us here will never be repeated in any other reality. I know that for a fact, even without any powers to corroborate it. I wish I could have helped you sooner. To be able to help at all now is an opportunity that I can't ever take for granted.
You're welcome. And thank you in return.
Be grateful this is in a message you can delete rather than being said over dinner while you try not to look like you want to throw up.
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He doesn't delete it. Not yet.
Maybe later, after the said dinner. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe two weeks from now.
Why there's a thank you and I wish I could have helped you sooner like he needed it. He was fine then. It was unnecessary.]
I'll be back in an hour.
Please hang the laundry up to dry when you get home.
heheheEHEHEHEHE DIE <3
It's still something he intends to explain one day. This just wasn't the time. ]
Will do. See you then.