Breathe in, breathe out. He couldn't understand how they didn't see it; he wasn't sure he wanted them to. Self-pity was not a road he needed to travel, not now and not anytime in the foreseeable future. But with a lieutenant who wasn't sure she could follow him, the closest person he had to family following his enemy, and a great deal more failures than successes marring his record, the numbers spoke for themselves.
And now he had been caught having a nightmare, of all things. For them to get this worked up over him...
Hinamori was first, as he turned to face her.]
You weren't involved either, Hinamori. Not until you chose to be. The moment you made your choice, you sealed your fate. So long as you don't regret your choice, you did nothing wrong.
[And then Sasuke.]
I won't be a liability, Uchiha. You know very well that if I had my way, I would the only one in that bed. You would do the same; you have. If it weren't for you, I would have remained oblivious.
[Because you definitely did something, Sasuke. Hitsugaya had been thrown off of the trail so easily, and it was only thanks to Sasuke that he knew what had happened at all, that he hadn't arrived even later.]
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[It meant "Shut up."
Breathe in, breathe out. He couldn't understand how they didn't see it; he wasn't sure he wanted them to. Self-pity was not a road he needed to travel, not now and not anytime in the foreseeable future. But with a lieutenant who wasn't sure she could follow him, the closest person he had to family following his enemy, and a great deal more failures than successes marring his record, the numbers spoke for themselves.
And now he had been caught having a nightmare, of all things. For them to get this worked up over him...
Hinamori was first, as he turned to face her.]
You weren't involved either, Hinamori. Not until you chose to be. The moment you made your choice, you sealed your fate. So long as you don't regret your choice, you did nothing wrong.
[And then Sasuke.]
I won't be a liability, Uchiha. You know very well that if I had my way, I would the only one in that bed. You would do the same; you have. If it weren't for you, I would have remained oblivious.
[Because you definitely did something, Sasuke. Hitsugaya had been thrown off of the trail so easily, and it was only thanks to Sasuke that he knew what had happened at all, that he hadn't arrived even later.]
If that's all...