[It's a worse hit than any of the physical ones he's taken over the past few days. He's too weak to stand, to do much more than sit here where he was put, fingers curling into his lap. But he stares hard at Wataru, listens to those words, and... admits them to himself.
Even he can be hurt. Wataru will come back again and again... That's right. No matter how he might be able to pass him even for a second, would it ever really last? He had to try for it. Even if he was ending up more hated by the day, by the people he admired the most, they were inspirations. A meaning for life...
A life that didn't necessarily have to continue. But he's glad, all the same, to be able to have another chance to get to his goals.]
Mm. At the very least, you should be rewarded for your efforts.
[There are people rushing this way, more shouts, more noises.]
So then, allow me to reveal something to you, Wataru Hibiki-kun. [He lifts his chin, and despite looking inches from death, his eyes have an intense life to them. Bright, sharp, narrowed and focused. Like gems, but hard enough to be carved into knives. Something that would unsettle Wataru, then. Make him question everything.
Why not the truth?]
You see, I don't hate you at all.
[No matter how much he hates about this situation... It's never been that he hates Wataru. That much is true.
He just hates that he can't be like him, too. Something along those lines... Men are already rushing into the room, though, expressing shock at Eichi's condition, shoving past Wataru to get to him, helping him to his feed, calling out commands. Eichi keeps his gaze on Wataru for another few seconds before he turns and speaks to one of the guards, expressing that he was too tired to speak about what happened right now.
He's being ushered out of the room, and at least one servant stops by Wataru long enough to explain that he better get going on his own before he's dragged into things too much more. At the same time, Eichi and another servant seem to discuss Wataru, glancing his way...
But after something Eichi says quietly, the servant stares hard at Wataru and then looks back away, completely disregarding him. It seems that he doesn't intend to have them kill him, or even to drag him into this as a culprit. He's spared.]
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Even he can be hurt. Wataru will come back again and again... That's right. No matter how he might be able to pass him even for a second, would it ever really last? He had to try for it. Even if he was ending up more hated by the day, by the people he admired the most, they were inspirations. A meaning for life...
A life that didn't necessarily have to continue. But he's glad, all the same, to be able to have another chance to get to his goals.]
Mm. At the very least, you should be rewarded for your efforts.
[There are people rushing this way, more shouts, more noises.]
So then, allow me to reveal something to you, Wataru Hibiki-kun. [He lifts his chin, and despite looking inches from death, his eyes have an intense life to them. Bright, sharp, narrowed and focused. Like gems, but hard enough to be carved into knives. Something that would unsettle Wataru, then. Make him question everything.
Why not the truth?]
You see, I don't hate you at all.
[No matter how much he hates about this situation... It's never been that he hates Wataru. That much is true.
He just hates that he can't be like him, too. Something along those lines... Men are already rushing into the room, though, expressing shock at Eichi's condition, shoving past Wataru to get to him, helping him to his feed, calling out commands. Eichi keeps his gaze on Wataru for another few seconds before he turns and speaks to one of the guards, expressing that he was too tired to speak about what happened right now.
He's being ushered out of the room, and at least one servant stops by Wataru long enough to explain that he better get going on his own before he's dragged into things too much more. At the same time, Eichi and another servant seem to discuss Wataru, glancing his way...
But after something Eichi says quietly, the servant stares hard at Wataru and then looks back away, completely disregarding him. It seems that he doesn't intend to have them kill him, or even to drag him into this as a culprit. He's spared.]