@raikuro sent : if i go down , i want you to run. / dire situations dialogue ( currently accepting )
of course there is no room to question whether or not his request command had simply gone unheard . . . yet kazuha is unmoving , gaze fixed ahead as it had been before the words dared to take root in his mind. and he considers the likeliness that leaving it with this — his silence , would be fairer on tomo than making him a promise that a samurai cannot uphold. neither are gentle enough on his conscience.
he glances only from the corner of his eye. “ i will not leave you here , nor will i apologise for it. ” this man who has borne witness to divine punishment , faced the almighty raiden shogun in his honor : endured the raw power of thunder and gale embodied , sword wielded forever in kazuha’s name and never his own — who should know by now fine well that such devotion is returned. fervently. that there is nowhere he might go and find kazuha unwilling to follow ( a hair’s breadth from his own defilement. in his footsteps , ascending upon narukami. ) now is not the time nor the place to discuss such stirrings of unrest within him . . . but he can use it , he can mold it , blade sharp as the wind now in his open hand. “ my love . . . i would expect that you know me well enough by now to understand this , but i can handle myself just fine. ”
he walks a delicate line. he has known tomo for long enough to understand that his own capability is not the main concern. a need to protect runs hot in his blood , ambition that charges and accelerates without stop — kazuha can fend off his own concern and admit that it is an ambition he has always admired , even shared . . . if only he could be convinced to value himself in the same light. “ i promise not to let that happen , alright? ” his voice carries only the softest notes of affection , vernal and sweet : let them start anew. “ we work as a unit — a good one , tomo. i’m not worried , so long as you don’t plan on pulling any more reckless stunts on me here . . . and perchance i am underestimating us , we figure it out. together. ”
—— and one with the wind , he is gone too quickly to hear out any objections.
