(his eyes fill again with water. no one alive has called him manjiro in so long - takemichi in his last breaths. nowadays, reminding him he's not this, originally, is not that great.
but instead, he's standing, flicking the long gone cigarette and going for the stairs.)
Fuck you, Baji.
(for leaving. for not listening. for insisting. he's a child, mikey's so old, so tired. he wonders, for a second, if baji had been alive, he'd get it at this age.
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(his eyes fill again with water. no one alive has called him manjiro in so long - takemichi in his last breaths. nowadays, reminding him he's not this, originally, is not that great.
but instead, he's standing, flicking the long gone cigarette and going for the stairs.)
Fuck you, Baji.
(for leaving. for not listening. for insisting. he's a child, mikey's so old, so tired. he wonders, for a second, if baji had been alive, he'd get it at this age.
probably fucking not.)