[ . . . . but there's something in the sentiment. there's something in knowing that someone whose entire person has been shaped around revenge, to the point that they will risk their life and future for it, would be willing to give it up for your life. there's something in the innate knowledge that you would spend the rest of that life, if you were to receive it, trying to save them from their own choices even if it means reaching across entire fucking timelines.]
.... than being your partner.
[mineo chose his loyalties early, and he did it even when takeru didn't think of him as his partner in return.
they don't need to kiss, they don't need to be publicly nice to each other, and they don't need to engage in any type of romance that would make everything here so much harder.
but he needs to be clear that there's no chance he'd regret putting takeru first. he is a stubborn idiot with a one track mind, and it is the only good thing about him.]
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.... than being your partner.
[mineo chose his loyalties early, and he did it even when takeru didn't think of him as his partner in return.
they don't need to kiss, they don't need to be publicly nice to each other, and they don't need to engage in any type of romance that would make everything here so much harder.
but he needs to be clear that there's no chance he'd regret putting takeru first. he is a stubborn idiot with a one track mind, and it is the only good thing about him.]