But it was somewhere dirty. Somewhere not fit to live in, right...?
Like where you were, before I invited you to live with me.
[Atem shakes his head.]
No. Not being hurt isn't enough. This isn't something that's happened just once, Ryou, it's a pattern!
[The fins that frame his face flare, agitated.]
It's like your stage-persona said -- you always act like what you need doesn't matter. Not enough to bother anybody else. You don't complain, even though you don't like it -- and because you chose not to take care of yourself, you end up needing more care than you would have if you'd let somebody help you! You turn up with dirty wings, and you make me feel like a fool, for trusting you to take care of your own needs when I'm not there!
[He sure is having this conversation entirely naked in a bathtub. He does not seem to have noticed, or to care.]
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Like where you were, before I invited you to live with me.
[Atem shakes his head.]
No. Not being hurt isn't enough. This isn't something that's happened just once, Ryou, it's a pattern!
[The fins that frame his face flare, agitated.]
It's like your stage-persona said -- you always act like what you need doesn't matter. Not enough to bother anybody else. You don't complain, even though you don't like it -- and because you chose not to take care of yourself, you end up needing more care than you would have if you'd let somebody help you! You turn up with dirty wings, and you make me feel like a fool, for trusting you to take care of your own needs when I'm not there!
[He sure is having this conversation entirely naked in a bathtub. He does not seem to have noticed, or to care.]