[ Should you really have to question what someone special to you thinks about you?
Now Yu looks at Yosuke again, his eyes only a fraction wider than usual. Anyone who didn't know him very well would mistake it for a look of thoughtfulness, instead of the muted shock that it is.
Yes, it's easy to see that this is nagging at Yosuke. It's nagging at Yu, too. Something about the conversation feels odd, too, in a more than "I just accidentally came out to my best friend" way. Yu just keeps watching him, his brow drawing up slightly in one of his few emotional tells so far during this conversation. It does get to him, a little.
He did question it. Quite a bit. To the extent that he started to wonder if he was forcing himself on Minato. It had been so profoundly uncomfortable he'd abruptly pulled back, only for Minato to come out and ask him ... well, what Yosuke had seen in that memory.
... it feels strange, to think and wonder about this with Minato gone. Looking back now... he wonders what he'd do differently.
But Yosuke moves on, and Yu shakes his head quickly in response to what Yosuke says. ]
No, that's not it. I did plan on telling you. Just ... you haven't been here very long, and with everything that's happened, I hadn't had much of a chance. It's not the most casual thing to talk about, is it?
[ Said self-deprecatingly. Half of Yu's expression pinches into what could be a smile if the corner of his mouth lifted enough, but it doesn't quite make it. Still, he looks a little grateful. ]
Like I said, I'm managing. I'll be alright, Yosuke. I'm ... [ here he pauses, glancing askance. ] there's one more thing we should discuss, anyway. [ But then he looks at Yosuke solidly, unwilling to let his feelings make him quail. ] Please don't think anything has to change between us.
[ It's both an out for Yosuke, and, beneath that, a quiet plea. He knows there's more than one reason for his friend's nerves, and that has more than a little to do with the not-exactly-platonic feelings he dwelled on in that memory.
All he wants, in the end, is to be Yosuke's friend.
If it were...
He can't bring himself to think about the possibility of anything else right now. The loss of Minato hurts too much. All that matters for now is making sure they can still be what they are. ]
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Now Yu looks at Yosuke again, his eyes only a fraction wider than usual. Anyone who didn't know him very well would mistake it for a look of thoughtfulness, instead of the muted shock that it is.
Yes, it's easy to see that this is nagging at Yosuke. It's nagging at Yu, too. Something about the conversation feels odd, too, in a more than "I just accidentally came out to my best friend" way. Yu just keeps watching him, his brow drawing up slightly in one of his few emotional tells so far during this conversation. It does get to him, a little.
He did question it. Quite a bit. To the extent that he started to wonder if he was forcing himself on Minato. It had been so profoundly uncomfortable he'd abruptly pulled back, only for Minato to come out and ask him ... well, what Yosuke had seen in that memory.
... it feels strange, to think and wonder about this with Minato gone. Looking back now... he wonders what he'd do differently.
But Yosuke moves on, and Yu shakes his head quickly in response to what Yosuke says. ]
No, that's not it. I did plan on telling you. Just ... you haven't been here very long, and with everything that's happened, I hadn't had much of a chance. It's not the most casual thing to talk about, is it?
[ Said self-deprecatingly. Half of Yu's expression pinches into what could be a smile if the corner of his mouth lifted enough, but it doesn't quite make it. Still, he looks a little grateful. ]
Like I said, I'm managing. I'll be alright, Yosuke. I'm ... [ here he pauses, glancing askance. ] there's one more thing we should discuss, anyway. [ But then he looks at Yosuke solidly, unwilling to let his feelings make him quail. ] Please don't think anything has to change between us.
[ It's both an out for Yosuke, and, beneath that, a quiet plea. He knows there's more than one reason for his friend's nerves, and that has more than a little to do with the not-exactly-platonic feelings he dwelled on in that memory.
All he wants, in the end, is to be Yosuke's friend.
If it were...
He can't bring himself to think about the possibility of anything else right now. The loss of Minato hurts too much. All that matters for now is making sure they can still be what they are. ]