@despaircrown cont. from (X)
To Kazuichi’s surprise delight, he was met with a smile instead of a sneer, the mechanic so very sure that his past behavior was unforgivable and that Sonia would live out the rest of her days hating his guts. He would have understood, of course, he had been rather...vile. A lengthy intervention conversation with Hajime and Fuyuhiko is when he learned just how badly he was acting, Kaz genuinely not realizing just how uncomfortable he had been making her. Social cues often went over his head, and with his only role model being his father, well...
It took quite some time, but eventually he realized the Sonia he said he loved didn’t actually exist anywhere but his own mind. He did his best to explain as much to her once reality came crashing down on him, not to excuse his actions, but to explain them in the hopes it would show that he had realized his wrongs, and that he wasn’t about to make those mistakes again. To him back then, she was perfect, someone that his father would no doubt approve of, and maybe he would finally think something of his son if Kaz had gotten with someone like Sonia.
But now? His dad was dead, killed by Kaz’s own hand in the throes of despair. There was no one left to fear impress, it was just him now. Many of them were the last of their family after what had happened, Kazuichi could still remember Gundham’s screams after he awoke from the program and the memories slowly trickled back. He had killed his mother in a mercy, to keep her from seeing what the world had become. They struck an accord that night, Kazuichi having been the one to find him curled up in the corner of his cabin. Their relationship was still rocky, but after a heartfelt talk where they both confessed they never actually hated each other, a friendship had begun, slowly but surely.
An idea struck him then, as he turned the coconut about in his hands, seeking a soft spot to pry it open, a grin growing across his face as he turned to Sonia with renewed excitement. “Hey, I got an idea! Dorklord hasn’t left his room in forever, right? Maybe...maybe we can drag him out, and he can help us find some fruits in the forest, and we can make a whole feast of this! He knows where a lot of stuff is ‘cause of his animals, we found a shit ton of melons out there once!” That was back when gundham had left his room on his own for the first time, Kazuichi refusing to leave his side with the state he had been in since waking. It felt like so long ago now...
“Unless you think we shouldn’t bug ‘im. You know how he’s been since...” Everything.