[Rei cuts off with a snarl, stepping closer and grabbing his shirt. Even without transforming she's incredibly strong, and she lifts him up just a bit as a sudden anger comes over her. It's not the normal kind of anger, no, but a quick, hot fury.]
He was my first human friend. He treated me like a person, without being afraid of me. [Pushing back, she turns and drives his back into a wall, her eyes hard but shining with barely restrained tears.]
I'm not just humoring him. I don't talk to people who don't have worth, and he's got more heart than any boy I've ever met. He was kind to me, even after I shut him down, because that's the kind of person he is. Yosuke Hanamura is a kind boy, and he treated me like a person and not a goddamn viper! [Her grip tightens, the knuckles of her fist going white, the leather of knife's hilt creaking in her grasp.] And it's not that I'm out of his league, because he's not. I considered it. I seriously thought maybe it might be alright. That maybe he was the kind of person I could be with and not burn up. I was thinking...I cared...and I almost told him how I felt, and then she came...and then he left with her. And it was too late. [That ship sailed.] The next time he showed up, Minako was here. And he left me again...and then...
[The knife slams into the wall, driving deep into the brick near the side of the Shadow's face.]
Then he came back, but things haven't worked out. So much happened so quickly. But it's not because of him. And it's not because I'm just humoring him. So fuck you! Fuck your theories and your bullshit. If you really are inside his head, then listen to me. You. Are. Good. Enough.
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[Rei cuts off with a snarl, stepping closer and grabbing his shirt. Even without transforming she's incredibly strong, and she lifts him up just a bit as a sudden anger comes over her. It's not the normal kind of anger, no, but a quick, hot fury.]
He was my first human friend. He treated me like a person, without being afraid of me. [Pushing back, she turns and drives his back into a wall, her eyes hard but shining with barely restrained tears.]
I'm not just humoring him. I don't talk to people who don't have worth, and he's got more heart than any boy I've ever met. He was kind to me, even after I shut him down, because that's the kind of person he is. Yosuke Hanamura is a kind boy, and he treated me like a person and not a goddamn viper! [Her grip tightens, the knuckles of her fist going white, the leather of knife's hilt creaking in her grasp.] And it's not that I'm out of his league, because he's not. I considered it. I seriously thought maybe it might be alright. That maybe he was the kind of person I could be with and not burn up. I was thinking...I cared...and I almost told him how I felt, and then she came...and then he left with her. And it was too late. [That ship sailed.] The next time he showed up, Minako was here. And he left me again...and then...
[The knife slams into the wall, driving deep into the brick near the side of the Shadow's face.]
Then he came back, but things haven't worked out. So much happened so quickly. But it's not because of him. And it's not because I'm just humoring him. So fuck you! Fuck your theories and your bullshit. If you really are inside his head, then listen to me. You. Are. Good. Enough.