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[beneathmoonlight]

Atsushi Nakajima

Atsushi Nakajima here! Sorry I missed you! Please leave a message or voicemail and I’ll get back to you ASAP! ^_^

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[beneathmoonlight]

Please don’t apologize, Shigaraki-san. I’m glad you contacted me, even if it was upsetting. I just wish there was more that I could do.

[There’s nothing he or Kei can do except wait, however, so he might as well get some rest.]

Should I stay here? I can sleep on the floor if you don’t have a spare bed, but it would feel wrong to just leave so soon.

[Maybe it’s selfush, but Atsushi wants to at least feel like he’s doing something by staying here.]

I understand if you need time to yourself though.

[livingimpaired]

You being here is enough for me.

[ He does have a choice now to have an honest conversation with someone who views him as a father-figure. He could easily destroy what image that Atsushi has of him in a few minutes. But he has a fear that he will be forgiven rather than admonished for his cruelty.

To hear forgiving words, it isn't a position that he can place Atsushi in. Yes, you should not have to be the one to forgive my sins. He reaches out to touch the side of the young man's face, cupping and lightly comforting him in a way that he means as paternal. Yes, you being here is enough. ]

I can't have you sleep on the floor, but ... we should let Oda rest a little. [ It would be a bad idea if he continues to stay alone in the man's presence. ] He's in a stable condition right now. So, we can have a meal together and I can help you think of what we shall do after this.

This situation is... too raw right now to think clearly.

[beneathmoonlight]

Shigaraki-san...

[Atsushi tears up again when Kei cups his cheek, because all of his young life he’d wondered what it would be like to feel affection from a parent, and while the man who’d adopted him had been doting, Atsushi is still growing accustomed to the idea that people might actually want to touch him without hurting him.

Atsushi nods, sniffling. They should let Oda rest and try to relax a little themselves.]

I’d like that.

[If anything can cheer Atsushi up, it’s food.]