[Masaomi doesn't slow down until they're alone on the empty streets. He doesn't look back either, not even when Mikado finds the nerve to speak up again. Geez. Forcing Mikado to start the conversation twice in so many minutes. This is a new low.]
Really... [He finally concedes with a weighted chuckle. He doesn't let go of Mikado's hand.] You have the worst timing. It's like you do it on purpose.
Suddenly Anri was there, and he was going for the gun again. I figured it was the end. I was ready for that, you know.
...
Then you road in on the back of that bike, and the bastard didn't have the guts to aim at me.
[He has to stop there because he can't even remember everything that follows. There was a lot of kicking and biting and screaming and bleeding. Instead, he opens his mouth to mention what happened after - Kadota and Saki, the hospital, Mikado's parents arriving from Saitama - but nothing comes out because just imagining the looks on their faces is enough to freeze his vocal chords.
Silently, he turns his lowered gaze in Mikado's direction.]
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Really... [He finally concedes with a weighted chuckle. He doesn't let go of Mikado's hand.] You have the worst timing. It's like you do it on purpose.
Suddenly Anri was there, and he was going for the gun again. I figured it was the end. I was ready for that, you know.
...
Then you road in on the back of that bike, and the bastard didn't have the guts to aim at me.
[He has to stop there because he can't even remember everything that follows. There was a lot of kicking and biting and screaming and bleeding. Instead, he opens his mouth to mention what happened after - Kadota and Saki, the hospital, Mikado's parents arriving from Saitama - but nothing comes out because just imagining the looks on their faces is enough to freeze his vocal chords.
Silently, he turns his lowered gaze in Mikado's direction.]
You think I understand this crap?