[The trick is, he'll never remain that way. Not in the hearts and minds of those who care about him. Not to Ren, who will only ever remember him as the boy everyone left behind, the boy that mirrors his own soul, the first time he wanted to have something that was his so he could give it away.
Ren hums in response, moving his fingers gently over Akechi's clothes on his chest, almost tracing the scar he knows is underneath as if to betray his own words.]
What if... I came with you? I'll finish high school and I'll follow. Wherever you wanted to go.
[What was it, Akechi had said to him all those months ago? Run away with him? Forget your friends? The prospect that left him weak at the knees when Ren gave him that sly expression and promised to consider it?
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Ren hums in response, moving his fingers gently over Akechi's clothes on his chest, almost tracing the scar he knows is underneath as if to betray his own words.]
What if... I came with you? I'll finish high school and I'll follow. Wherever you wanted to go.
[What was it, Akechi had said to him all those months ago? Run away with him? Forget your friends? The prospect that left him weak at the knees when Ren gave him that sly expression and promised to consider it?
Maybe it's not too late on that offer.]