[ when kondou-san starts to talk, souji could only fall quiet and listen. drink in every word and pause, the meaning behind each of them.
he tries to read between the lines but there's nothing hidden, kondou-san had never been that kind of person anyway, always the type to wear his heart out on his sleeve with all the kindness and courage souji's always known him to possess. these are kondou-san's honest feelings right now, and he'd be a fool to reject them like he usually does.
it's not an easy habit to break, of course— ]
If it counts for anything... [ he does his best to stare right at him, there's little to no escape now. ] I've never blamed you.
[ not once. not even when souji suffered greatly for everything that came with trying to be the person kondou-san wanted him to become. ]
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he tries to read between the lines but there's nothing hidden, kondou-san had never been that kind of person anyway, always the type to wear his heart out on his sleeve with all the kindness and courage souji's always known him to possess. these are kondou-san's honest feelings right now, and he'd be a fool to reject them like he usually does.
it's not an easy habit to break, of course— ]
If it counts for anything... [ he does his best to stare right at him, there's little to no escape now. ] I've never blamed you.
[ not once. not even when souji suffered greatly for everything that came with trying to be the person kondou-san wanted him to become. ]
You have nothing to apologize for, Kondou-san.