[ A noise urges from their throat, a sound to counter those words. ]
It should've been me.
[ If it's him, then it's fine. It's fine if Siffrin gets hurt. It'll always be fine if he's the one hurt. But not them. Not those they love, their friends - their family, they didn't deserve to take the fall for their mistakes. They choke on their breath a little, gaze trembling as it flickers to the side as if to look at the mirror.
But they can only see Yves like this. Their grip drops a little with that knife, still keeping away from harming Yves, but not directed too much at themselves. Not like before. They'll gain nothing from following through with it. At least here. ..Everything is.. okay. Be here. With him. They hang on those words, fingers curling a little tight like he too will leave. ]
...Sorry.. [ Sorry, they say. For troubling him, for having to deal with.. them. They should have been stronger than this. ]
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It should've been me.
[ If it's him, then it's fine. It's fine if Siffrin gets hurt. It'll always be fine if he's the one hurt. But not them. Not those they love, their friends - their family, they didn't deserve to take the fall for their mistakes. They choke on their breath a little, gaze trembling as it flickers to the side as if to look at the mirror.
But they can only see Yves like this. Their grip drops a little with that knife, still keeping away from harming Yves, but not directed too much at themselves. Not like before. They'll gain nothing from following through with it. At least here. ..Everything is.. okay. Be here. With him. They hang on those words, fingers curling a little tight like he too will leave. ]
...Sorry.. [ Sorry, they say. For troubling him, for having to deal with.. them. They should have been stronger than this. ]