[Ryou twitches, both at the touch, and the question. Does he...really want to talk about them? Is that what his heart desires?]
I've never brought it up. With anyone. N-no one's ever asked either, h-haha...heh...
[He laughs, it's awkward and sad and uncertain and his tail's curling around his leg so tightly that it betrays him. As if the ears wouldn't. Ha.
It should be rewarded, he supposes. Atem cared enough to ask, so Ryou can offer him at least some kind of courtesy. He doesn't move much, except to turn and face Atem, smile softly.]
I had a nice family. My sister, you've seen her before, sort of. Not the real her, of course. The one in the globe though, that's the real her. I couldn't have asked for a better sister. She was much more boisterous than me, and I suppose she had to be, since I was always...like this. Q-quiet.
...She used to tell the other schoolkids to leave me alone. My hair, it was pretty long, even when I was young, and I wasn't really...they thought I was girly. Isn't that funny...?
[Ryou's not sure...if this is what Atem meant, but he's speaking freely now.]
Sometimes, the things I remember, they're few and far between. It's normal to forget things as you get older.
[That's how he's always thought of it anyway. He doesn't know any better, really.]
And not all of the things are happy. But if it's Amane, or my mother...there's nothing I can remember that was really terrible.
cw for a little 90s era toxic masculinity
I've never brought it up. With anyone. N-no one's ever asked either, h-haha...heh...
[He laughs, it's awkward and sad and uncertain and his tail's curling around his leg so tightly that it betrays him. As if the ears wouldn't. Ha.
It should be rewarded, he supposes. Atem cared enough to ask, so Ryou can offer him at least some kind of courtesy. He doesn't move much, except to turn and face Atem, smile softly.]
I had a nice family. My sister, you've seen her before, sort of. Not the real her, of course. The one in the globe though, that's the real her. I couldn't have asked for a better sister. She was much more boisterous than me, and I suppose she had to be, since I was always...like this. Q-quiet.
...She used to tell the other schoolkids to leave me alone. My hair, it was pretty long, even when I was young, and I wasn't really...they thought I was girly. Isn't that funny...?
[Ryou's not sure...if this is what Atem meant, but he's speaking freely now.]
Sometimes, the things I remember, they're few and far between. It's normal to forget things as you get older.
[That's how he's always thought of it anyway. He doesn't know any better, really.]
And not all of the things are happy. But if it's Amane, or my mother...there's nothing I can remember that was really terrible.