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[personal profile] bookpapers 2024-07-16 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Both.

[immediate guilt, and he shakes his head,]

...No. I knew who I was partnering with when I said yes.
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[personal profile] bookpapers 2024-07-16 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[there is a very tight attempt to repress his growing guilt,]

I wanted to use my wish to figure out who killed Yuu, so I talked to Kate on Sunday and asked to partner up. That's when she told me the truth.

I couldn't do anything. Because it's not her fault. But I wanted to -- because I was so angry, but... it's Kate. [the guilt grows, combined with despair] And she's wanted to make that wish no matter what, so...

I said I'd partner with her so she could make it. So she could at least have that. And I did. I helped her, even though she killed Yuu. It wasn't her fault, but she still killed him -- and I... I didn't turn away. I helped her.
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[personal profile] bookpapers 2024-07-18 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know.

[and there's a surge of self-directed disgust too, that his feelings have gotten so messy to this point, because he really shouldn't have these attachments in the first place. but it's too late now.]

I do want to help her. [another pulse of grief,] I just wish I could have helped Yuu the same way.