Chasma: Yukio

[aono]

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[reflash]

Am I ready to talk?

[There's distance, of all kinds, between Rin and Yukio right now.

Miki nudges her head against Rinkou's snout. She's here. It's okay.]

[aono]

Yeah. I've been ready to talk all this time. I thought I could just wait until you were ready, but my time's running out.

[He glances down at the two daemon and then back up to Yukio.]

You want to, don't you?

[reflash]

Do you know what your punishment would have been if you'd told me about what happened on Thursday? [He asks, ignoring that question, ignoring what Rin wants to talk about.

He wants to grab Rin by the collar, shove him against the wall, yell why didn't you tell me!?.]

[aono]

It would've hurt the Celestials. I couldn't do that to them. If I could have, I would have confessed on Friday at the headcount.

[He can answer that at least, since Yukio is the only one who has asked.]

Yukio, please. I don't want to die with things like this!

[reflash]

[If I could have, I would have confessed.

Why is that what makes him so mad? Why is that what gets him slamming his hand against the bars? He's not sure.]

You didn't need to confess, nii-san! If you'd given me any information at all, if you'd shown me that your hair changed, I could have covered for you! I could have helped you!

[aono]

[Rin flinches when he hears that. Of course Yukio would have helped him. Of course he could have relied on Yukio. It all seems so blatantly obvious, but...]

I...I couldn't tell anyone at all. Not even you.

And I was scared, Yukio. What would they have done to you if you'd known about it?

[reflash]

I don't know. And neither do you. Because you decided you would rather die than even try to tell me what happened.

[aono]

...

[He just. Doesn't even have the energy to fight anymore.

Biting back tears, Rin moves to sit on the bed in his cell and draw his knees up to his chest.]