[All this time, rest in pieces. He never knew Higekiri felt so strongly about him. It always, in a way, felt one-sided. Not that he didn't believe Higekiri cared for him--he knew that. They're brothers. There has never been anything but he and Higekiri until they were summoned by their master into the Citadel with the rest.]
I love you as well.
[He had felt some things with others, strange and wild things he didn't know this body could feel. But nothing so much as seeing his brother's sadness over Dimitri, his brother's anger when he had been ill, the worry, or hearing the words Higekiri didn't think were ever needed.
He draws back in an attempt to straighten up, to pull everything back in and stand more professional. He wipes the tears from his face with the back of his hand and wrist.]
no subject
I love you as well.
[He had felt some things with others, strange and wild things he didn't know this body could feel. But nothing so much as seeing his brother's sadness over Dimitri, his brother's anger when he had been ill, the worry, or hearing the words Higekiri didn't think were ever needed.
He draws back in an attempt to straighten up, to pull everything back in and stand more professional. He wipes the tears from his face with the back of his hand and wrist.]
Elder brother...