[Komaeda will think on that later, how easily he could have been stopped, how Kamuura is the one who told him to do as he'd promised, goaded him almost with his answers, with the sharpness of that returned kiss. It's really something, isn't it? Kamukura is not the empty thing that Komaeda met so very long ago.
His hand falls away, eyes fixed on the other boy's face, on the red mark that is already blossoming where he struck. But that pained sound reaches his ears, the stuttering voice. It's strange. Komaeda knows Hinata's face so well, and even if the features are identical, the change is so apparent it nearly knocks him from his feet. Everything about Hinata is alive, reactive and dynamic and emotional, not the cold detachment of Kamukura.
Komaeda stares a moment more, holding his breath until he hears his name.]
Hajime... [A rush of relief as he steps forward, lifting a hand to touch as tenderly as he can at where he'd just struck. But he wants to keep Hinata's attention on him, wants Hinata not to look around at the carnage, sure that he already remembers.] Welcome back. I'm sorry, does it hurt? [He hit him as hard as he could, after all. Komaeda isn't the type to not be thorough. He doesn't take those kinds of chances.]
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His hand falls away, eyes fixed on the other boy's face, on the red mark that is already blossoming where he struck. But that pained sound reaches his ears, the stuttering voice. It's strange. Komaeda knows Hinata's face so well, and even if the features are identical, the change is so apparent it nearly knocks him from his feet. Everything about Hinata is alive, reactive and dynamic and emotional, not the cold detachment of Kamukura.
Komaeda stares a moment more, holding his breath until he hears his name.]
Hajime... [A rush of relief as he steps forward, lifting a hand to touch as tenderly as he can at where he'd just struck. But he wants to keep Hinata's attention on him, wants Hinata not to look around at the carnage, sure that he already remembers.] Welcome back. I'm sorry, does it hurt? [He hit him as hard as he could, after all. Komaeda isn't the type to not be thorough. He doesn't take those kinds of chances.]