[that flinch doesn't escape Akira's notice, and somewhat shamefully, he retracts his hand and turns to face his teammate fully]
Yusuke. . .
[. . . right. out of the two of them, Yusuke was the one who was actually there, wasn't he? Akira can get angry (and he is angry, along with. . . something else, something more painful, something that yanks his heart all the way down into the pit of his stomach) but it was Yusuke who had to experience the permanent loss of one of their good friends]
[wordlessly, Akira steps forward, hands coming to rest on Yusuke's shoulders]
. . . I'm sorry.
[that he wasn't there to maybe save Ann. that he wasn't there at all]
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[that flinch doesn't escape Akira's notice, and somewhat shamefully, he retracts his hand and turns to face his teammate fully]
Yusuke. . .
[. . . right. out of the two of them, Yusuke was the one who was actually there, wasn't he? Akira can get angry (and he is angry, along with. . . something else, something more painful, something that yanks his heart all the way down into the pit of his stomach) but it was Yusuke who had to experience the permanent loss of one of their good friends]
[wordlessly, Akira steps forward, hands coming to rest on Yusuke's shoulders]
. . . I'm sorry.
[that he wasn't there to maybe save Ann. that he wasn't there at all]