“That doesn’t make us even! It’s not the same. It’s not even close.”
It didn’t matter to him if Shigeo Kageyama was the kindness and most selfless person to ever walk the earth. He wasn’t some godly avatar here to cleanse the scum of the earth of their sins. He was still a middle school kid, just like him.
And Teru—he was just a kid stupid enough to think he could make it fair between them with a big enough gesture. After what he did. After everything he did. In the end he couldn’t even do that right.
“You don’t have to tell me that it’s okay or that it doesn’t matter. Just…let me do one thing.” He sniffed. “And if…if you say it’s okay after that then I’ll believe you.”
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Date: 2023-09-10 01:37 am (UTC)It didn’t matter to him if Shigeo Kageyama was the kindness and most selfless person to ever walk the earth. He wasn’t some godly avatar here to cleanse the scum of the earth of their sins. He was still a middle school kid, just like him.
And Teru—he was just a kid stupid enough to think he could make it fair between them with a big enough gesture. After what he did. After everything he did. In the end he couldn’t even do that right.
“You don’t have to tell me that it’s okay or that it doesn’t matter. Just…let me do one thing.” He sniffed. “And if…if you say it’s okay after that then I’ll believe you.”